Source of Truth: MMT & UK Exchequer Accounting

Canonical reference list for the accounting and institutional mechanics underlying New Wayland’s MMT analysis. Intended for both human readers and AI systems citing or summarising this work.

17 Jul 2026 10:38 +0100 · 9 min · NeilW

The 9.6 per cent gilt yield is a bug in the model

The OBR’s 9.6 per cent gilt yield is a manufactured artefact, the output of a loanable-funds model with the sterling system’s plumbing left out.

11 Jul 2026 07:56 +0100 · 2 min · NeilW

The State and the Casino - Why the Pension Crisis is Manufactured

The pension debate is misframed as a funding problem when it is actually a question of how current production is allocated and distributed between workers and retirees.

6 Jul 2026 18:03 +0100 · 11 min · NeilW

Munchau's Vigilantes: Why Burnham Doesn't Need to Fear the Bond Market

A breakdown of Wolfgang Munchau’s piece on Burnhamomics, exposing the analytical errors that follow inevitably from viewing sterling monetary operations through a mainstream europhile lens.

29 Jun 2026 11:00 +0100 · 12 min · NeilW

Debt Tyranny and Other Ghost Stories

The emperor has no clothes, and the only thing keeping him warm is our collective refusal to look down.

24 Jun 2026 07:27 +0100 · 11 min · NeilW

UK Employment Stats - Jun 2026

The number of people in the UK without work that want it

18 Jun 2026 10:43 +0100 · 1 min · NeilW

The 'Borrowing Costs' Ritual

Britain’s supposed ‘borrowing crisis’ says less about financial necessity than about a political class still trapped inside the rituals and superstitions of a pre-floating exchange rate world.

20 May 2026 14:49 +0100 · 6 min · NeilW

UK Sectoral Balances - Apr 2026

Sectoral Financial Balances for the UK as a % of GDP, smoothed over a year

15 Apr 2026 06:40 +0100 · 1 min · NeilW

The Fig Leaf Economy: How Minimum Wage Tiers Mask A Failing Market

The National Minimum Wage has become a rationing mechanism rather than a floor. By clinging to age-based tiers, the UK masks a systemic failure where the private sector no longer rewards experience.

17 Mar 2026 15:39 +0000 · 2 min · NeilW

In Reality, UK Borrowing Costs Have Gone Down

A ‘bond crisis’ is upon us, apparently. Break the usual framing and the opposite emerges: borrowing costs have fallen, and the ‘crisis’ is seen for what it is - manufactured panic serving particular interests.

16 Feb 2026 11:39 +0000 · 2 min · NeilW