A deeply perilous moment for coalition economic policy
Faisal Islam on the fall-out from the downgrading of Britain’s growth figures
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Faisal Islam on the fall-out from the downgrading of Britain’s growth figures
Faisal Islam pores over Alistair Darling’s memoir and finds some extraordinary revelations about the banks which still have relevance today.
Channel 4 News Economics Editor Faisal Islam asks whether bad news for the economy could end up being good news for the banks?
“The first time I met Steve Jobs he hastily ended the interview.” – Faisal Islam blogs about the man behind the Apple, and what it means for the company now.
Faisal Islam asks if the Chancellor has played a blinder on the Switzerland tax haven – or if he’s wasted an opportunity.
Faisal Islam in New York on the fears for the markets after US loses its AAA credit rating and eurozone debt worries continue.
The post dollar world, the Gold Standard, the “largest debtors in the history world”: Jim Rogers, Jim Rickards and HSBC’s Stephen King give Faisal Islam their thoughts on the downgrade.
All eyes turn to the opening bell of the stock markets, due just hours after leaders from the world’s major powers stage emergency meetings, Economics Editor Faisal Islam reports.
Channel 4 News’ economics editor Faisal Islam explains what it means to the US and to the world, for America to have its credit status downgraded to AA+.
As the US is criticised by China for “living beyond its means” and losing its top-level AAA credit rating, Faisal Islam analyses the financial vulnerability America will wake up to on Monday.
As figures show the UK economy grew by just 0.2 per cent last quarter, George Osborne tells Channel 4 News’ Economics Editor Faisal Islam he is “not for turning” on plans to reduce the UK’s deficit.
The introduction of a eurobond would solve the eurozone debt crisis, blogs Faisal Islam – and would lead to “the phase fiscalisation of Europe”.
Channel 4 News’ Economics Editor Faisal Islam says we should not write-off the European Banking Authority’s stress tests just yet.
Eight out of 90 banks in Europe have failed stress tests designed to ensure they can get through difficult economic times. Channel 4 News’ Faisal Islam says we should not write off the tests just yet.
If the private sector recovery gets going, and the full powers of this new FPC kick-in in 2013, then the decisions of this new body in early 2015 could be rather interesting – economically and politically, writes Faisal Islam.