Faisal Islam
Curious numbers behind the fuel duty cut
Faisal Islam blogs on the economics – at home and abroad – behind the chancellor’s decision not to raise the tax on fuel duty.
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Faisal Islam
Panic averted, but chronic Greek pain continues
Faisal Islam blogs from Athens on the implications of a dramatic Greek election.
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Matt Frei
America’s economic woes are good news for Romney
Matt Frei blogs on how most recent dismal jobs figures spell trouble for Barack Obama’s re-election.
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Matt Frei
Nato leaders’ isolation has rarely been greater
The irony is that just as the world’s embattled leaders stand increasingly accused of being out of touch they closet themselves away more and more, writes Channel 4 News Washington Correspondent Matt Frei.
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Faisal Islam
Hollande and Merkel dance around the Greece lightning
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
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Faisal Islam
Chancellor: We have completely won the argument on austerity
“I am not in, as the chancellor of the exchequer, a daily opinion poll contest and a daily popularity contest. I will tell you what I am engaged in. A daily contest with the rest of the world to make Britain competitive to bring jobs to Britain.”
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Faisal Islam
Britain commits extra £10bn to International Monetary Fund
“The chancellor is adamant that this is not a further back-door bailout of the eurozone.”
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Faisal Islam
Rail re-privatisation coming down the track?
Faisal Islam believes the flawed separation of train and track in the privatisation of BR is set to be rolled back.
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Faisal Islam
Eurogroup therapy for Greece
Channel 4 News Economic Editor Faisal Islam ruminates on the latest Greek bailout deal secured at a meeting of Eurozone ministers
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Faisal Islam
‘Radical’ Cameron joins in Davos Germany-bashing
It was a far bolder speech than I expected from the PM to the capital of capitalism. He described himself as a “monetary radical”, which is a reference to the £275 billion of QE, and presumably the soon-to-be launched credit easing policy. It was a contrast with the European Central Bank and its lack of bazooka.
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Alex Thomson
With Coryton closing, don’t expect cheap petrol
Just 28 miles east of London, the giant Coryton oil refinery is shutting down. None of this is going to make filling up that tank any cheaper.
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Larry Summers denies blame for financial crisis
Krishnan Guru-Murthy interviews Larry Summers, one of the most renowned economists in the world, the man who ran the US economic policy for Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.
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Jon Snow
What could 2012 hold?
In 2012, the stage is set at many levels for financial and consequent economic disaster, writes Jon Snow.
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Alex Thomson
Occupy protesters to carry on camping
Alex Thomson visits the Occupy camp in London outside St Paul’s and finds the protesters in no mood to call it a day.
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Faisal Islam
France fires broadside at British economy – is it ‘Twitterloo’?
The entente is anything but cordiale as the Banque de France lays into the UK over its economic record.