Mario Draghi, ECB president.
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Quantitative easing cannot single-handedly save Europe.
Testing times for UK’s biggest bank.
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What are we to make of RBS failing the Bank of England’s stress tests?
Staying put: Mark Carney.
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The central bank’s governor is locked into a white-hot political spat, but what can he actually do in the next two and a half years?
Troubled towers: the HQ in Frankfurt.
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If Berlin doesn’t apply divisive rules that inflict pain on savers, expect cries of double standards from southern Europe.
Ready for a rainy day?
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Financial reforms have given us a greater role in saving for retirement. Alas we’re not very good at it.
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The FTSE rebounded after its Brexit shock – but how long will it last?
Here come the cavalry?
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The Bank of England has cut interest rates to a historic low of 0.25% and is injecting further rounds of quantitative easing.
Waiting for Superman.
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Britain’s central bank governor Mark Carney is like a prize fighter throwing his last, limp punches.
Carney tries to reassure investors.
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Mark Carney has announced the first part of a plan to settle investor nerves and avoid a market trainwreck. Despite best efforts it may not be enough.
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It’s becoming a matter of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’ the first central bank takes the plunge and introduces quantitative easing for the people.
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Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, has been criticised for his comments on how Brexit will affect financial stability in the UK.
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The strange history of how the Bank of England came into being.
The usual suspects.
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The British do love a scientist on their money, as RBS’s new choice of Mary Somerville for the £10 confirms. Is it time we thought out of the box?
Charting a different course.
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With economies in Europe and America forging very different recoveries, their central banks are having to navigate by different stars.
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The Bank of England has emphasised the overal benefits that membership of the EU brings Britain. But also warns of its risks.
New broom. Corbyn and McDonnell are building a new economic policy.
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One of Jeremy Corbyn’s picks for his economic advisory team is doubtful about the viability of a Robin Hood tax, but sees little obstacle to public ownership in the banking sector.
Firing line. Corbyn’s economic plans face scrutiny.
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There are some important parts of Corbynomics that can offer a clear, distinctive and viable economic programme with which to confront the government.
Mind the gap: Britain will need to raise rates with care.
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Why do interest rates have to go up, and what’s stopping central bankers doing it right now?
Notes and Queries.
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With the Bank of England mooting the idea it might get involved with digital currencies, you might think it was good news for Bitcoin.
Comparing notes.
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Mark Carney and Mario Draghi are fortunate men. Although things may appear difficult now, they could be much worse. War in Iraq, Syria and Eastern Ukraine have the potential to send oil and gas prices…