Blog posts tagged "Banking"

April 21, 2012 7:51 pm 18 Comments

"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."

December 7, 2011 7:02 pm 11 Comments

Channel 4 News Economics Editor Faisal Islam says the European Financial Stability Facility bailout fund is being "quietly forgotten" in favour of the European Stability Mechanism.

March 7, 2011 8:08 am 9 Comments

Faisal Islam assesses what the true cost will be if major banking institutions start to flee UK shores.

January 28, 2011 5:02 pm No Comments

Faisal Islam blogs from Davos on the day that the bankers fought back.

September 27, 2010 1:12 pm 13 Comments

Prudent savers are being sacrificed at the altar of feckless spenders - at least temporarily - and that is how it has to be in the current financial climate, the Bank of England's Charlie Bean tells Economics Editor Faisal Islam.

September 23, 2010 7:10 pm 4 Comments

Faisal Islam blogs about the shrinking Irish economy, and the warning signals it's sending the Treasury.

August 4, 2010 12:59 pm No Comments

At the top of Lloyds Towers the superlatives were being spread about liberally. Chairman Win Bischoff said that he was "immensely proud for having achieved profit". Chief executive Eric Daniels was "delighted" that the government now has "optionality" on when to sell its 42 per cent stake, now that the share price was up above its 63p purchase price.

November 25, 2009 7:30 pm No Comments

Faisal Islam blogs on the day the Supreme Court bank charges ruling. Is this it then?

September 25, 2009 6:11 pm No Comments

Former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker and Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein on the wisdom of allowing big banks to fail.

September 4, 2009 2:05 pm No Comments

About two years ago I met one of the top British bankers and asked for an opinion on Brown/Darling vs Cameron/Osborne. I was shocked to hear his scepticism about the Tory business policy versus the government. To be clear, this was Brown at his absolute peak, still ahead in the polls, just before Northern Rock [...]