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Options carry a high level of risk and are not suitable for all investors. Futures trading carries a high level of risk and is not suitable for all investors. The Economy and the Economics of Everyday Life - Economix Blog. Martin Wolf - Financial Times. Martin Wolf is chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, London. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2000 “for services to financial journalism”. Mr Wolf is an honorary fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, honorary fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, an honorary fellow of the Oxford Institute for Economic Policy (Oxonia) and an honorary professor at the University of Nottingham. He has been a forum fellow at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos since 1999 and a member of its International Media Council since 2006. He was made a Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, by Nottingham University in July 2006.

He was made a Doctor of Science (Economics) of London University, honoris causa, by the London School of Economics in December 2006. He was a member of the UK government's Independent Commission on Banking in 2010-2011. To receive an email alert for Martin Wolf, sign up at the top of any his columns. First Trust Economics Blog - The Antidote to Conventional Wisdom. When it comes to forecasting near-term real GDP growth, there are parts of the economy that are easy to follow and then there parts of it that are tough. The easy parts (with lots of timely information) are consumer spending, business investment, and home building. And despite one of the worst winters in multiple decades, this portion of the economy looks like it grew at a solid 2.5% to 3% annual rate in the first quarter, right in-line with the trend since the recession ended in mid-2009. To get that kind of growth during this past brutal winter means the underlying fundamentals of the economy are gathering strength.

Now that banks are more confident the Fed’s balance sheet isn’t going to shrink anytime soon, the M2 money supply and commercial and industrial loans are both accelerating. Meanwhile, the recovery in home building is still far from complete and low business and consumer debt obligations mean plenty of room for growth in purchases of big-ticket items. Niall Ferguson. Robert J. Samuelson. Calculated Risk. Real Time Economics. China’s GDP growth fell in the first quarter to its slowest pace since September of 2012, slipping to 7.4% on-year growth from 7.7% the in the fourth quarter. The increase was slightly higher than economists’ expectations of a 7.3% gain. Authorities released other data that suggested continuing weakness, but not at a quickening pace. Industrial production grew 8.8% on year in March below expectations of 9% but up from an average 8.6% expansion in January and February, combined to limit distortions from the Lunar New Year holidays.

Retail sales were 12.2% higher on-year in March, up from 11.8% growth in January and February. Fixed-asset investment, meanwhile, slipped to 17.6% on year in the first quarter from 17.9% growth in the first two months. Markets rose on the data, with both the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock markets clicking higher.

Some economists saw a massaging of the GDP figures.