As Larry Elliott has reported in the Guardian this morning: The Financial Conduct Authority is usually described as the City’s watchdog. In the case of the disgraceful treatment
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Will Carney break the Bank?
There is plenty of discussion in the financial media this morning on whether or not this will be the week when the Bank of England
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Jersey: still occupied
The Jersey Evening Post reported yesterday that: Last month External Relations Minister Ian Gorst announced that Jersey was following the UK by introducing a ‘settled-status’
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HBOS – fraud, cover-up and consistent public exploitation
The following is a guest post by Professor Atul K. Shah reflects on the implications of the ‘Turnbull Report’ on HBOS, recently leaked: A Bank is
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You worry about household debt, but is the Bank of England’s deputy governor?
The Guardian has reported tbhi morning that: Deputy governor Jon Cunliffe told BBC radio this morning that he’s concerned about families with high debt levels.
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Quantitative easing is new government created money
The Bank of England published its accounts to 28 February 2018 yesterday (I have no idea why it uses that date: does anyone know?) The cash
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The post-Brexit City of London
There’s a hint of another dimension of the Brexit strife to come in the FT this morning. Reporting that relationships between the Treasury and Bank
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The Bank of England’s new education programme gets about 3 / 10
The Bank of England has produced a new education programme for schools called ‘Econome’. They say of this: Young people will be required to make
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There’s money in printing money
The FT has reported that: Brussels is considering a €56bn raid on European Central Bank profits to plug a hole in the EU’s long-term budget
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