MoneyWeek Roundup: UK misery hits a 19-year high

James McKeigue highlights the week's best pieces from the MoneyWeek team, including: why misery continues for the UK; Europe's three big problems; and will China have a hard landing?

The FTSE 100 had a choppy week. But it's still up around 10% since the start of the month. That's a marked contrast with what's happening in the rest of the economy. Indeed, this is a really grim time for the British consumer, says David Stevenson on Thursday.

The Misery Index, which works by adding together unemployment and inflation, is now at a 19-year high. And there's even more gloom in store, says David.

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James McKeigue

James graduated from Keele University with a BA (Hons) in English literature and history, and has a certificate in journalism from the NCTJ. James has worked as a freelance journalist in various Latin American countries.He also had a spell at ITV, as welll as wring for Television Business International and covering the European equity markets for the Forbes.com London bureau. James has travelled extensively in emerging markets, reporting for international energy magazines such as Oil and Gas Investor, and institutional publications such as the Commonwealth Business Environment Report. He is currently the managing editor of LatAm INVESTOR, the UK's only Latin American finance magazine.