Extra capital for UK banks. How not paying tax helps
As Britain’s banks “pad up” their capital ratios, Economics Editor explores if RBS, bailed out by the taxpayer, should be able to use its losses to not pay tax?
As Mark Carney takes over at the Bank of England, Caroline Criado-Perez, the campaigner fighting to keep women on English banknotes, writes about why the new governor should take note.
Mark Carney, the incoming governor of the Bank of England, is widely praised. So how good a job has he done in his five years in charge of Canada’s central bank?
After a decade in charge of the Bank of England, at a time of unprecedented financial turmoil, Sir Mervyn King leaves Threadneedle Street for a seat in the House of Lords.
As Britain’s banks “pad up” their capital ratios, Economics Editor explores if RBS, bailed out by the taxpayer, should be able to use its losses to not pay tax?
Guests of David Cameron’s G8 summit will not need to look further than their own doorstep for examples of a challenging world economy.
Quantitative easing has been the emergency medicine keeping economies afloat, but does the fall of the Japanese stock market foreshadow what happens when it ends?
The IMF backs away from its ringing endorsement of UK economic policy. But the Treasury will be relieved that it has not yet spelled out an alternative policy to austerity.
The problem with the Bank of England’s quarterly inflation report – presented for the last time this week by Sir Mervyn King – is that it feeds the idea that the governor has all the answers.
With the news that Winston Churchill will grace the five pound note from 2016, Channel 4 News asks who should appear on British bank notes?
Regulators say Britain’s banks must take action to ensure they can cope with the extra costs they face because of bad debts, mis-selling and the eurozone crisis.
The chancellor’s plans to boost the housing market are “well down the list of Britain’s economic to-do list, and arguably well up the not-to-do list”.
The cost of living goes up from 2.7 to 2.8 per cent in February, as Chancellor George Osborne adds the finishing touches to tomorrow’s budget.
When George Osborne delivers his budget on Wednesday, the numbers will continue to be drenched in red, writes Faisal Islam, with “zombie economics” holding back lending, spending, and investment.
As new figures show a rise in mortgage lending is more down to buy-to-letters than first-time buyers, where is the public debate about the effect of government intervention in the mortgage market?
In advocating that RBS should be split into good and bad banks, Sir Mervyn King is showing a “major display of independence in his last months in office”.