EconomyLabour may find a trade deal with Trump easier than getting anything from the EUJuly 5, 2024152“Germany is desperately looking for friends. The National Rally is a Germanophobic party, and Mélenchon on the Left has a...
EconomyNeither party has a plan to escape stagnation, and neither has my voteMay 24, 202469Economic growth smashed consensus by coming in at 0.6pc in the first quarter. The early evidence is that April and...
BankingFederal Reserve faces ‘horrible choice’, warns Great Recession prophetMarch 19, 2024160Mr Connolly said the next step will be highly political. Fed officials are alarmed by the prospect of a second...
EconomyBritain is living beyond its means – slashing investment won’t helpMarch 5, 202472The UK is not the only G7 country living beyond its means, overwhelmed by a cacophony of competing grievances. France...
BankingThe Bank of England risks pushing Britain into an economic death trapFebruary 23, 2024103TS Lombard’s Mr Perkins says the Bank of England is haunted by false fears of a 1970s wage-price spiral, misreading...
BankingThe Bank’s blunders will send Britain into deflationFebruary 2, 2024186In my view, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, and the Fed have failed to keep up with...
BankingEurope is slowly destroying itself as it heads for another lost decadeNovember 10, 202394Germany is belatedly flouting this with massive state aid, but that in turn is to destroy the competition framework needed...
BankingA rising wave of property defaults threatens hundreds of US banksOctober 27, 202386Renters are walking away or taking less space as leases come due. Average office rents have already dropped by 20pc....
Bankingthe Left is falling out of love with EuropeOctober 3, 2023172Henceforth, we will be reminded of the eurozone’s own woes as it tightens monetary and fiscal policy into the teeth...
CurrenciesThe Brics currency ignores all the traumatic lessons of the half-baked euroAugust 24, 202383“I ask myself every night why all countries have to base their trade on the dollar,” says Brazil’s Lula da...