Blog posts tagged "Economic crisis"

February 15, 2012 9:29 pm 16 Comments

As the Greek president hits back at criticisms of his country from the EU, it looks like the Greek deal could be unravelling.

February 9, 2012 1:11 pm 26 Comments

It's not just savers who can no longer live off paltry savings income. The retirement annuity industry has been hit by a fall of 20-30% in the annual income that pensioners will be obliged to live off for the rest of their lives.

November 4, 2011 8:59 pm 2 Comments

Does it matter who is PM of Greece? The astonishing example of Greece's Project Helios shows just how sovereignty transfer works in a crisis.

November 1, 2011 3:45 pm 6 Comments

The Greek referendum has sent Greek politics into chaos. But it has also disarmed the euro bailout agreed last week, sending government borrowing costs soaring and share prices crasing across the rest of the eurozone.

October 15, 2011 7:50 pm 11 Comments

A day of riot and recapitalisation in this eurozone crisis. That's the view from the G20 finance meeting in Paris. Protests against banks, in a week that I believe will end with the biggest bailout in world history, of the single currency, and also of the Eurozone's banks.

September 22, 2011 7:06 pm 7 Comments

Economics Editor Faisal Islam reports from Athens as the Greek debt crisis fuels further global pleas for concerted action from Europe's political leaders.

September 21, 2011 3:01 pm 10 Comments

Cutting rates again to a new record was discussed but there are fears for the impact on banks, building societies and the normal functioning of money markets. No, all roads lead to more quantitative easing. But not just any old QE.

January 18, 2011 11:14 am 11 Comments

Faisal Islam blogs on the expected rise of interest rates, and asks where now for the Government's Plan B?

November 26, 2010 4:37 pm 5 Comments

Almost entirely, the institutions that lent money to the RBSs and HBoSs and Northern Rocks, and the Irish banks, that was then mislent, have got away scot free. But according to this Irish Times article, the IMF and EU might be about to change things with a "bail-in" of such creditors.

November 23, 2010 9:24 am 5 Comments

Our Economics Editor reflects on yesterday's tumultuous events in Dublin and warns of an unpredictable time ahead for Ireland and Europe.