Bank of England
Why Mark Carney’s successor is likely to be woman
If Ben Broadbent’s Daily Telegraph interview last week was the launch of a bid for the governorship of the Bank…
Gordon Brown’s memoirs show he is good at blowing his own trumpet – but nothing else
Gordon Brown has pitched his memoirs as the honest confessions of a decent man. He failed to win the one…
Monarch was an airline from an earlier era – but were its owners to blame for its demise?
Monarch Airlines was the ghost of an earlier age of holiday travel. When I used to see its planes lined…
A rate rise in November? After years of dithering, don’t bet on it
It is more than three years since Bank of England governor Mark Carney was accused by Labour MP and Treasury…
Crunch time
For anyone considering a career in economic forecasting, the Bank of England’s inflation report for August 2007 ought to be…
Let’s make sure our fishermen are protected against Brexit tit-for-tat
I voted Remain last year for two reasons. First, however irritating I found some aspects of the EU, I could…
Warning: the FTSE100 isn’t out of the woods just yet
When the FTSE100 fell close to 5,500 in February, we all said ‘Mr Bear is back’. On Tuesday the index…
Portrait of the week
Home The Bank of England arranged for banks to be able to borrow as much money as they needed around…
Brexit is none of Mark Carney's business
Surely there is a difference between Mark Carney’s intervention in the Scottish referendum last year and in the EU one…
George Osborne has made his own 'dangerous cocktail' of economic risk
When David Cameron said this week that he is worried his children would not be able to afford to buy…
We must play the blame game over HBOS. How else will bankers learn?
‘Everyone remembers the names of Applegarth of Northern Rock and Goodwin of RBS, but history may judge the HBOS men…
Perfectionism isn’t the same as integrity – as VW has shown
Not that I was much of a boy racer, but the sexiest car I ever owned was a 1982 Volkswagen…
Our terrified central bankers have sat on interest rates long enough
When news broke last Thursday evening that the US Federal Reserve had decided to keep interest rates on hold, I…
George Osborne has bet the house (and other people's houses) on there being no new crash
When George Osborne visited Sweden, Finland and Denmark the stock markets of each country promptly fell by about 5 per…
The dinner where laissez-faire banking died
Last week’s deadline did not allow me to report from ringside at the Mansion House dinner, but there was so…
Do you think the age of boom and bust is over? All our party leaders are betting that it is
After working for Bill Clinton, the political strategist James Carville said he had changed his mind about where power really…
Lord Green must answer for HSBC’s sins – but maybe it was always too big to manage
Stephen Green — the former trade minister Lord Green of Hurstpier-point, who became this week’s political punchbag— was always a…
Why cheap oil could mean a Labour victory
BP’s profits are down, and the oil giant is slashing up to $6 billion out of its investment plan for…
Storm warning: the world economy’s October troubles aren’t over yet
October is always a turbulent month, and I’m feeling uneasy about this one. The FTSE100 index, which looked set to…
BP's been punished enough – but not because Americans hate the Brits
I should declare two connections before I start offering opinions about the latest US judgment against BP relating to the ‘Macondo’…
Why I’ll join the silver stampede to cash in a pension
At the beginning of the last decade, a young man who claimed to be my ‘premier banker’ paid me a…
There's a revolution — in banking
The financial crisis is the catalyst for a belated revolution
What Vodafone should do with its huge windfall: invest it in the next Vodafone
Vodafone, which has just collected an £84 billion windfall from the sale of its 45 per cent stake in Verizon…
Dear Justin Welby – here’s how you can really take on Wonga
I’ve been in the pulpit again, this time to salute the centenary of the death of Charles Norris Gray, a…
Don't blame the baby boomers - they had it tough too
Here’s a competition for you: ‘The most irritating discussion on Radio 4 in the past month.’ Answers in not more…
