Ten Questions for George Osborne arising from the fiscal horror show in his own document:
Here’s ten questions that arise for the Chancellor from the fiscal horror show that is the OBR document.
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As six central banks take steps to bring down the cost of borrowing, a stockbroker tells Channel 4 News there is likely to be further pressure on eurozone leaders to resolve the debt crisis.
Chancellor George Osborne warns Britain will “find it difficult to avoid a recession” if growth in Europe grinds to a halt, while France’s central banker says Europe faces “a true financial crisis”.
Here’s ten questions that arise for the Chancellor from the fiscal horror show that is the OBR document.
So from a chopper above the Thames I see a nation that used to build the world’s infrastructure that now wants the world to build ours. Infrastructure spending not by our government, but from abroad — from state guaranteed companies – from the Arab world and China paying for Britain’s infrastructure.
On Monday, David Cameron will announce a significant housing scheme including some sort of mortgage indemnity scheme for new build homes. There are many many questions about such a well-intentioned scheme designed to help rebuild the broken lower rungs of Britain’s housing market.
It has been pretty clear that these figures reflect existing weakness, not a crisis that exploded in July/August.
As the Bank of England lowers its forecasts, an economist tells Channel 4 News Britain is unlikely to grow at all next year.
Inflation may rise again this year before dropping significantly in 2012, a former Bank of England economist tells Channel 4 News.
There has been over the past three years a tremendous amount of guff written about the financial crisis being the end of capitalism. While I can see the attraction, in communications terms, of indulging the idea that these events form part of an epic transformative narrative, unfortunately it is completely untrue.
Democracy is from the Greek “Demos Kratos”. People power. So what of Technocracy? Technos Kratos. Robot power? Well they weren’t invented then. But Technos means method, art or skill. And so, today we bear witness to the rise of the technocrats. Please feel free to play this whilst reading this blog, click here to listen.…
So Berlusconi is off, possibly, but will it truly be the end of Bunganomics?
With Silvio Berlusconi’s future in doubt, Channel 4 News looks at whether Italy is too big to bail out.
Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi is planning to stand down after losing his parliamentary majority amid the financial turmoil engulfing Italy. Channel 4 News looks at the country’s economic future.
Total failure, self-inflicted. The three little pigs need some huff and puff, and they will find more support than you might imagine in Germany.
G20 leaders agree to boost the resources of the IMF, but fail to agree on how to pull the eurozone back from the brink, as the Greek prime minister faces a crucial vote.