EconomyNeither party has a plan to escape stagnation, and neither has my voteMay 24, 202422Economic 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, 202443Mr 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, 202421The 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, 202452TS 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, 202454In 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, 202348Germany 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, 202343Renters 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, 202346Henceforth, 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, 202335“I ask myself every night why all countries have to base their trade on the dollar,” says Brazil’s Lula da...
BankingBritain’s pro-EU left is in total denial about the hard-right conquest of EuropeJune 30, 202342Sir Keir Starmer is not trying to pursue such radical goals, but he would still have to deal with the...