Ireland’s crisis: could it happen here?
Economics Editor Faisal Islam analyses the parallels – and the differences – between the economic prospects of Ireland and the UK.
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Economics Editor Faisal Islam analyses the parallels – and the differences – between the economic prospects of Ireland and the UK.
As Irish taxpayers brace themselves for another bank bailout, our Economics Editor Faisal Islam says the prospects should be better in Britain.
It’s the Mansion House speech tonight, and it comes on a day when unemployment numbers on the claimant count went up by much less than expected. The chancellor himself is the most high profile example of this. Just a fortnight ago, his own team were unsure as to whether he would be delivering tonight’s landmark…
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A flagship scheme to boost loans for mortgages will be scaled back by the Bank of England in an attempt to head off a potential housing bubble, as Faisal Islam reports.