Faisal Islam
No triple dip – not that it really ever mattered
Today’s GDP figures will have prompted relief at the Treasury that there is no new recession. But longer term, the picture for the UK economy is unchanged.
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Chancellor runs out of road – FactCheck
Rachel Reeves and George Osborne crossed swords in the House of Commons over spending on infrastructure. Who’s right? FactCheck digs in.
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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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Michael Crick
Energy deal may not be such good politics for Osborne
Could George Osborne’s victory over energy policy turn out to be Pyrrhic?
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FactCheck Q&A: Magic QE trick that may help Osborne hit borrowing targets
Today’s strategy could be a lifeline for a government keen to avoid further U-turns. How does it work?
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Faisal Islam
After 20 years, time to change Merv’s medicine?
As the Bank of England’s governor tells the government it can ease off the inflation target, Economics Editor Faisal Islan asks whether it’s the right direction to go.
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Faisal Islam
Can the Treasury blame borrowing figures on North Sea platform?
Faisal Islam questions Chloe Smith’s claim that shocking borrowing figures from the government were down to the closure of a single platform in the North Sea.
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Faisal Islam
To the left, the economic spoils of the Olympic Games
Economics Editor Faisal Islam blogs on the economic hangover of the Olympic Games.
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Faisal Islam
“It could be a lot worse…”: Osborne’s five GDP shuffles
Economics Editor Faisal Islam blogs on his meeting with George Osborne – and the five key areas where the chancellor has ‘refined’ his views on the economy.
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Faisal Islam
Treasury twins convert to contingent Keynesianism
“We’ve got a big job to do in getting this economy back on its feet,” — Osborne.
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Faisal Islam
Exclusive: leak from secret FSA Barclays assessment
Treasury Select Committee chair Andrew Tyrie drops a bombshell, Faisal Islam at the hearing looks at revelations so far.
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Faisal Islam
RBS’s computer glitch just got more serious
Sir Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, today used the continuing IT meltdown at RBS and NatWest to criticise the structure of the bailed-out banking group. He had stern words for RBS’s management, saying that the FSA should carry out a “full investigation” of the week-long computer problems.
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Gary Gibbon
Signs of Spanish fudge?
There’s real and constant anxiety at the Treasury about the Eurozone crisis, but a glimmer of hope that the immediate Spanish borrowing problem can be finessed.
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Gary Gibbon
Growth, Plan B and the eurozone
The government is wrestling with a package of growth measures it would like to announce before the Summer recess. There are internal battles over the scale of all this and some of the content.
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Gary Gibbon
Osborne avoids clash over UK’s IMF exposure
After a relatively minor clash with Tory MPs over an increase of the loan to the IMF, George Osborne has emerged relatively unscathed.