How French financial chaos could end Meloni’s market honeymoon – POLITICO
As Balboni noted, Italy’s sovereign debt pile, the largest in Europe at over €2.9 trillion, makes it vulnerable to any...
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Britain is no longer the problem child of Europe – France proves that
Remarkably, on the “Left”, the Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP) appears to be even more fiscally irresponsible. In fact, what could rattle...
Beware Farage’s £40bn raid on banks – there is no such thing as a free lunch
Some critics argue that stopping the Bank paying interest would be impractical and/or extremely dangerous. Yet the Bank only started...
Nigel Farage eyes debanking revenge with plan to hit bank profits – POLITICO
Without the governor's cooperation, any prospective government would need to change the Bank's formal remit to enact the policy. Reform's...
‘Tax rises inevitable’ because of Bank of England money-printing costs
This is a problem for the Government because successive chancellors, from Alastair Darling to Rishi Sunak, promised to cover any...
Britain’s fickle bond markets will be a key election battleground
Historical analysis shows that when the GfK measure of consumer confidence is above -15, the incumbent government has a decent...
investors weigh state of economy
U.S. Treasury yields advanced for another day on Wednesday, as investors considered the state of the economy and digested a...
Britain’s next financial crash is coming. This time it won’t be the banks. – POLITICO
Plus, the Bank is undertaking a stress test to probe how nonbanks would react to extreme potential stress in the...
Has the EU really just found €400B it could spend on defense? – POLITICO
As governments increasingly see the need to put the continent on a war footing, the plan would offer a way...
Savings Bonds: What They Are And How To Cash Them In
Images by GettyImages; Illustration by Hunter Newton/Bankrate Key takeaways A savings bond is a low-risk way to save money, which...
