Britain leaves Europe: How did the markets get it so wrong?
Even when Lehman went down – I don’t remember so many traders saying they got it so wrong, so quickly.
6,994 items found
The dangers of a rift between Europe and America are becoming starkly clear. In a letter to EU leaders ahead of this week’s summit in Malta, the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, has listed the new Trump administration as one of the “external threats” to Europe.
More now on the impact of Brexit, and this programme has discovered that the Government is set to spend £20m recruiting doctors from the EU to work as GPs in England.
It’s across countries such as Greece, Italy, Serbia and Turkey where the cold snap is causing the most suffering.
Photographer Issa Touma watched and filmed from a window as young, armed men dragged sandbags to block the end of the narrow road alongside his Aleppo apartment. It was August 2012 and the beginning of the uprising that turned into a bloody civil war. Now his footage, compiled under the title “9 Days from my…
As we’ve said, Italy’s political problems could have wider implications for the entire Eurozone.
Italians go to the polls tomorrow to vote on key political changes – in a referendum which could spark economic turmoil. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi says he’ll resign if he loses – and that’s sending jitters through financial markets. One former government economist has told this programme a no vote could bankrupt already fragile banks…
It’s his “farewell tour” of Europe. But Barack Obama was keen to use his last appearance alongside the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, to put down a marker for his successor, warning Donald Trump to be ready to stand up to Russia if needed. Speaking in Berlin, the President said that Mrs Merkel had been his…
As Russia resumed its attacks on Syria, Barack Obama flew into Europe on his final visit of his Presidency.
It is not just in Britain and here in America that the voters are kicking over the traces. The French National Front has been steadily gaining ground on the established parties and it, like other far-Right groups across Europe, expects to make further inroads off the back of Britain’s vote to leave the EU. We’ve…
Prime Minister Theresa May says the UK will not take on the European Council presidency next year after voting to leave the EU.
Even when Lehman went down – I don’t remember so many traders saying they got it so wrong, so quickly.
Flash floods have hit parts of Europe in the last few days, leaving at least 10 people dead and more still missing. Germany, France and Austria have been worst affected, with torrents of water flooding homes and businesses, damaging transport infrastructure and leaving thousands without power. France has been particularly badly affected, with river levels…
The proportion of funding the IFS gets from the EU has increased in recent years – from 5.9% of funding in 2009 to 11% in 2014.
Mr Corbyn mucked up the expectations management when he accidentally said Labour wouldn’t lose seats in these contests. He wasn’t that far wrong when it came to the English council elections.
US President Barack Obama uses a trip to the UK to argue that the world benefits from Britain’s membership of the EU.