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Calculating the cost of an euro catastrophe
December 1, 2011 8:36 pm 28 Comments
As the Bank of England Governor warns UK banks to build up their reserves the eurozone catastrophe talk is ratcheting up in the countdown to the European Council next Friday. Economics Editor Faisal Islam reports.
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A Plan B for the banks but not the economy?
September 5, 2011 12:53 pm 15 Comments
Channel 4 News Economics Editor Faisal Islam asks whether bad news for the economy could end up being good news for the banks?
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Banking report: is it a game-changer?
April 11, 2011 1:19 pm 3 Comments
Is the independent report on banking "transformative"? Economics Editor Faisal Islam is not convinced.
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Project Merlin’s wizard-in-chief John Varley: We want to send a clear signal we want to lend
February 9, 2011 9:21 pm 5 Comments
SME's of Britain - please go to your bank manager armed with this blog.
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Reasons why Project Merlin might be a charade
February 8, 2011 6:38 pm 15 Comments
I am deeply sceptical about Project Merlin, and I would like to be proved wrong.
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Bank profits tax plan – is it enough to please public?
1:18 pm 4 Comments
Is the £800m bank levy enough to please the public - or does the tax need to be higher? And why was the decision seemingly so last minute? Faisal Islam investigates.
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Will Hutton’s stealth High Pay Commission
December 1, 2010 9:12 pm 5 Comments
JP Morgan, the man of the 1920s, rather than today's super-bank, insisted in the 1920s capped executive pay at 20 times the pay of junior bank employees, "arguing that any greater would be harmful to company morale." Plato argued that no citizen should be worth four times another. Successful US firms such as Wholefoods and Ben & Jerry's have had maximum pay multiples of 7:1 and 8:1. So should we care about pay inequality, the ballooning gap between the salaries of top and bottom earners?
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Ireland’s risky bank strategy
November 19, 2010 5:10 pm 4 Comments
Our Economics Editor says today's news from Ireland's second biggest bank - AIB - has echoes of the situation in Britain before the recapitalisation two years ago.
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Will Britain lend billions directly to Ireland?
November 17, 2010 1:38 pm No Comments
Britain could make bilateral loans to Ireland to prop up its economy - a move which would have been "unthinkable" until this week, as Faisal Islam writes.
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Should Britain help bail-out Ireland?
November 15, 2010 4:16 pm 13 Comments
Our Economics Editor looks at Ireland's growing economic ills - and what they may mean for Britain.
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