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As Greece heads towards rerun elections, Channel 4 News Economics Editor Faisal Islam considers whether Europe is heading for a stormy political and economic earthquake
As the Greek stock market tumbles are the politicians now seeking to form a government say they will defy the EU, but can they do that? Faisal Islam reports from Athens.
Right now the algebra in Greece seems to make any sort of government impossible. That means even more elections, writes Faisal Islam from Athens.
I’ve spent the day buried in spreadsheets and statistics looking at insights for our C4 Jobs Report. In the course of that I got a closer look at the GDP numbers released as part of the Quarterly National Accounts a fortnight ago, writes Faisal Islam.
As Easter approaches in Andalusia, Faisal Islam visits the Eurozone’s biggest headache.
Faisal Islam on how scrapping national pay bargaining might save lives, and why it will be rather difficult.
Faisal Islam believes the flawed separation of train and track in the privatisation of BR is set to be rolled back.
Channel 4 News Economic Editor Faisal Islam ruminates on the latest Greek bailout deal secured at a meeting of Eurozone ministers
Greece is being cauterised. The EU, ECB, and others have prepared the ground for Greece to be detached from the eurozone. Greece now has a horrible choice to make, says Channel 4 News economics editor Faisal Islam.
British attempts to recoup tax from swiss bank accounts are put in the shade by america’s policy of prosecuting swiss bankers reports Faisal Islam.
Are banks treating euros differently, depending on which country they come from? Faisal Islam blogs from Davos.
Channel 4 News Economics Editor Faisal Islam blogs on the Cabinet and the “snooty so-and-sos” refusing to work for free at Poundland.
Faisal Islam on German overtures on City bank tax
The leaders’ speeches on “moral capitalism” are meaningless, writes Faisal Islam. Britain is no longer in control of its people’s living standards.
History shows that when unemployment reaches today’s level it has always shot much higher, reports Economics Editor Faisal Islam.