The latest Bank of England CPI inflation forecasts.
Workshop on Financial Mathematics
Earlier this week, I had the pleasure to participate in the 5th International Conference on Mathematical Modelling by giving a 4 hours course/workshop titled “A Short Introduction to Monte Carlo […]
UK Credit Card Spending is Going Up
A common way to assess how quickly households are taking on consumer credit is to look at the annual growth rate.
A Year of CPI Inflation Forecasts
The Bank of England CPI inflation forecasts over the past year together with the actual observed inflation.
fanchart 1.0.2
New release of my Python package fanchart.
Random Tip
How to get the current week’s number 📅 in Python 🐍?
What Powers the World?
What powers the world? How much comes from fossil fuels and how much from renewable energies? How much has this change since 1965? The Chart Of The Week shows the evolution of the energy mix from 1965 to today.
How much Oil and Petroleum Products does the U.S. import from Russia?
At the beginning of the month (March 08, 2022) the U.S. announced a ban on all imports of Russian oil (including petroleum products). But, how much oil does the U.S. really import from Russia?
Brief History of the Black-Scholes-Merton Model
A very brief recollection of the history of the Black-Scholes-Merton Model: 129 years from Charles Castelli to the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1997.
Europe’s Dependance on Russian Gas
The recent events in Ukraine have highlighted the importance for the EU and UK to diversify its energy sources. In particular, to reduce its dependency on Russia’s oil, natural gas, and coal.