Jon Snow
Banks: one step forward, many more to go
Amid the slurry of excessive bonuses and the exploitation of unsuspecting small and medium-sized businesses, the government has had a dramatic change of heart on banking.
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Jon Snow
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Jon Snow
Betting on junk
On the markets, it’s all about junk bonds in the race to make a quick buck. But isn’t this the market that has just experienced the worst financial meltdown in memory?
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Jon Snow
Fighting talk on the edge of America's cliff
America’s politicians have never been so bitterly opposed: and it’s been brought to a head by the crisis over the fiscal cliff. This is edge of the planet stuff – not just edge of the cliff.
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Faisal Islam
Pensioner payments surge above record £100bn
As politicians point the finger at spiralling numbers of dole “scroungers”, Economics Editor Faisal Islam reveals pension payments are behind the big rises.
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Faisal Islam
Can the chancellor really raise billions from the sale of 4G?
George Osborne’s Autumn Statement assumes he is right to claim he can raise £3.5bn from the sale of 4G. A sell-off in the Netherlands did eight times better than expected, but can Britain manage a similar feat?
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Faisal Islam
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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Faisal Islam
Super Mario: unemployment the unavoidable price
Is unemployment a price worth paying for keeping the euro on the road? I put the question to ECB President Mario Draghi.
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Faisal Islam
Osborne peers over the edge of Britain’s fiscal trench
It could have been a lot worse for George Osborne in the autumn statement, as Britain faces losing its coveted triple-AAA credit status.
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Faisal Islam
The return of Manchester’s rag trade, and Osborne’s statement
Manchester’s rag trade is booming – yes, really. Here’s what it means for the economy – and five more things to watch out for in Osborne’s autumn statement.
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Jon Snow
Banking crisis 'as bad as a world war'
The former boss of HBOS tells MPs incompetence was as much to blame as the financial crisis for the collapse of his bank and admits he is deeply sorry. But he keeps his knighthood.
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Faisal Islam
The end of forbearance: Britain’s Roadrunner moment
Low interest rates, low corporate insolvency rates, interest-only mortgages – they’re all masking the true depth of the UK’s financial crisis.
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Faisal Islam
After the Carney-val, a less independent Bank of England?
As Mark Carney takes the reins at the Bank of England, Economics Editor Faisal Islam looks at the politics behind his surprise appointment.
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Jon Snow
Race, national security and wonky submarines
Jon Snow argues that far from being expendable, culture provides a significant chunk of cash to the economy as one of the UK’s ‘invisible exports’.
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Faisal Islam
No Cyprus bailout yet. Enter the ‘Dvoika’
A funny thing is happening in the Mediterranean. Cyprus has been poised to become the fourth Eurozone sovereign to agree a bailout, the fifth if you include Spain’s banking bailout.
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Faisal Islam
Ten golden quotes from Sir Mervyn King
Sir Mervyn King’s latest inflation report yields a crop of golden quotes about the state of the UK’s economy, according to Economics Editor Faisal Islam.