This is an evolving space

I am a journalist, editor, researcher and corporate writer on macroeconomics, finance, real estate, private equity, infrastructure, aviation, and technology. More recently, I have written extensively on the policy, economic and social impacts of the coronavirus across a range of sectors. These pages collate some recent work and support my long journey towards qualifying as a registered counsellor.

Selected portfolio

25 July 2022

Cryptopocolypse: Terra Luna and Three Arrows Capital implosion triggered contagion spread

The cryptocurrency sector is showing early signs of stabilisation after two successive implosions – the collapse of the Terra Luna ecosystem and crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital – which unleashed a tidal wave of contagion across the broader digital assets market.
30 June 2022

UK travel sector’s summer boom hopes dimmed by strikes, infections and labour shortages

The UK’s much-anticipated summer travel revival risks descending into chaos as unions target airline strikes to coincide with school holidays while surging inflation and the cost of living crisis curb nascent demand recovery.
23 May 2022

The inflation puzzle: money printing and the devaluation of fiat currency

Inflation has surged to multi-decade highs prompting central banks to ramp up monetary tightening and set out plans to unwind outsized balance sheets.
18 May 2022

US recession risk climbing

The path to avoid a recession in the US, the world’s largest economy, is starting to narrow.
20 April 2022

Choppy waters: the spectre of a eurozone recession is rising

The war in Ukraine has delivered an acute supply shock to the eurozone, pushed already high inflation to new multi-decade highs and increased the risk of […]
28 March 2022

Chancellor promises to ease inflation as biggest fall in living standards since the 1950s looms

Chancellor Rishi Sunak promised to ease the burden of surging inflation across the UK economy in his Spring Statement yesterday with a series of headline-grabbing policies, as UK households were warned the biggest fall in living standards since the 1950s is looming.