(The extensions are set below in square brackets, so that the original text, which the FT did not publish, can … Continue reading “Getting it wrong at the FT and in Downing Street”

In two previous posts, I criticised a number of recent commentators in the Financial Times (FT) for routinely quoting figures … Continue reading “GDP figures – Part 2 post-script: Getting it wrong at BP”

Better days at the FT In an earlier piece (7 January), I criticised staffers at the Financial Times (FT) for … Continue reading “GDP figures (Part 2): Cross-country comparisons and a total for the world”

The Financial Times has long been a continuing source of misleading statements about the relative size of the economies of … Continue reading “GDP figures: How the Financial Times gets it wrong”