One of my commentators asked late last night: I understood that November 3rd was the deadline for the major banks to sign-up to the code
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The FT reports this morning that there is a significant backlash against the US’s new round of quantitative easing. As they note: The Fed’s initiative,
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George Osborne had a rough time at the Treasury Select Committee yesterday. As the Guardian notes: The chancellor, George Osborne, came under fire today from
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I loved this, from Lord Skidelsky in a House of Lords speech on Monday: Mr Osborne is clearly a man of ability and determination, but
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There is much heated debate on this blog, quite often, about the true status of the Crown Dependencies. I argue that they are just that
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The News Corp bid for BSkyB has been referred to OfCom. Thank heavens. Why under the economics banner? This is about defeating monopoly abuse. Amongst
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The following was first published yesterday on the blog of the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development. It is by Julian Boys, who
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I published the executive summary of a draft of the OECD Peer Review of Jersey’s preparedness for tax information exchange on Tuesday. I did so
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I noted yesterday, the US is to start a second round of quantitative easing  and there is a chance that the UK will follow suit.
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