Because they have a major impact on your financial well being. So I want to help by regularly posting definitions and explanations to these key concepts so that you can know what’s going on and engage in the debate.

Not tough given we’ll be comparing to last year’s lockdown months. But after the initial pent up demand propelled by record government borrowing and spending – what comes next?

In all the worry about a permanent unemployed underclass post pandemic, there’s virtually no mention of the role education could play in mitigating the problem.

Wholesale gas prices almost always go up this time of year because refining capacity diminishes as the switch from winter to summer grades takes place. But no matter what the season – there’s always one winner.

Sounds good until you realize that the most prominent response to the pandemic exacerbates it. Besides if we got rid of all rich people it wouldn’t help the poor one bit.