Carney’s recent musing on UK jobs and housing bubbles
Bank of England governor-elect Mark Carney’s recent comments suggest an acceptance of higher inflation. So what are his plans for the UK economy?
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Bank of England governor-elect Mark Carney’s recent comments suggest an acceptance of higher inflation. So what are his plans for the UK economy?
The Serious Fraud Office confirms that three British nationals have been taken to a London police station as part of the investigation into the rigging of the Libor interbank lending rate.
Low interest rates, low corporate insolvency rates, interest-only mortgages – they’re all masking the true depth of the UK’s financial crisis.
Will we or won’t we be able to get insurance following the flooding that regularly appears to be affecting some parts of the UK? Channel 4 News answers the key questions on flooding.
Ahead of tonight’s extended Channel 4 News interview with Bank of England Governor Sir Mervyn King, we look at how the country’s economic problems have affected the lives of four people.
There’s nothing new or unusual about the existence of land banks, and the fact that there are plots ready to be built on but standing empty may well be a simple matter of economics.
Taxpayer-owned RBS lost £1.5bn in the first half of the year after an IT meltdown and setting aside funds to compensate customers mis-sold financial products. It now faces fines for Libor rigging.
With the double-dip recession deepening, Channel 4 News considers the importance of construction to the economy.
The Co-op is riding the ethical banking wave by taking over 632 Lloyds banking group branches. But what makes a bank ethical, and what else is on offer in the UK? Channel 4 News investigates.
The US pressed the Bank of England to improve the Libor system before Lehman Bros collapsed in 2008 amid reports that Barclays and other global banks were rate rigging, newly released e-mails show.
Former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond tells MPs he did not believe he was “instructed” by the Bank of England to submit lower borrowing rates during the 2008 financial crisis.
With former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond appearing in front of MPs later, Channel 4 News looks at the questions he is likely to be asked.
As applications to ethical banking rise following a bad week for the big five banks, Channel 4 News looks at the alternatives to high street banking.
Has ‘too big to name, too big to prosecute’ now become the epithet by which this vast banking scandal will become known?
As the value of bank shares fall sharply in the wake of the Barclay’s banking rates scandal, the government is exploring ways to toughen up the criminal system and Bob Diamond breaks his silence.