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Gordon Brown: World ‘sleepwalking’ to another financial crisis September 13, 2018 The world is “sleepwalking” into another financial crisis, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown said today, but said it lacks the international will to quickly recover. Read more: A decade on, hubris is the lesson to learn from the Lehman tragedy Brown issued the warning in the week marking the 10th anniversary of the collapse of [...]
Gordon Brown: World ‘sleepwalking’ to another financial crisis September 13, 2018 The world is “sleepwalking” into another financial crisis, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown said today, but said it lacks the international will to quickly recover. Read more: A decade on, hubris is the lesson to learn from the Lehman tragedy Brown issued the warning in the week marking the 10th anniversary of the collapse of [...]
Bank of England: Hold fire until there is Brexit certainty says the shadow MPC September 13, 2018 City economists are all but certain that the Bank of England will hold interest rates steady today, only six weeks after raising interest rates and with the Brexit endgame fast approaching. The Bank’s rate-setting monetary policy committee (MPC) will announce its latest decision at midday, with all eyes on any tweaks to guidance around the [...]
Bank of England: Hold fire until there is Brexit certainty says the shadow MPC September 13, 2018 City economists are all but certain that the Bank of England will hold interest rates steady today, only six weeks after raising interest rates and with the Brexit endgame fast approaching. The Bank’s rate-setting monetary policy committee (MPC) will announce its latest decision at midday, with all eyes on any tweaks to guidance around the [...]
Oil prices break $80 per barrel mark as Hurricane Florence helps create the perfect storm September 12, 2018 Oil prices have risen above $80 per barrel for the first time since July as US crude inventories dropping, impending sanctions against Iran, and Hurricane Florence created a perfect storm. The price of Brent Crude oil rose to $80 per barrel, its highest since the middle of July and close to a three-year high. The [...]
Oil prices break $80 per barrel mark as Hurricane Florence helps create the perfect storm September 12, 2018 Oil prices have risen above $80 per barrel for the first time since July as US crude inventories dropping, impending sanctions against Iran, and Hurricane Florence created a perfect storm. The price of Brent Crude oil rose to $80 per barrel, its highest since the middle of July and close to a three-year high. The [...]
John Laing environmental fund to raise up to £100m through share issue September 12, 2018 Infrastructure investment group John Laing is raising up to £100m for its environmental assets fund in order to target further diversification. Recent acquisitions of three anaerobic digestion projects, which now represent 17 per cent of the fund's portfolio, were made using the company's revolving credit facility which is now "substantially drawn down." Read more: John [...]
John Laing environmental fund to raise up to £100m through share issue September 12, 2018 Infrastructure investment group John Laing is raising up to £100m for its environmental assets fund in order to target further diversification. Recent acquisitions of three anaerobic digestion projects, which now represent 17 per cent of the fund's portfolio, were made using the company's revolving credit facility which is now "substantially drawn down." Read more: John [...]
DEBATE: Should gig economy workers be given more rights and protections, as John McDonnell suggests? September 12, 2018 Should gig economy workers be given more rights and protections, as John McDonnell suggests? Brhmie Balaram, senior researcher in the RSA’s Economy, Enterprise and Manufacturing team, says YES. I imagine most people would agree with John McDonnell that it would be desirable to grant gig economy workers more rights. At the same time, they might [...]
The economic answer behind superstar salaries September 12, 2018 Rugby Union’s Premiership season is underway again. This is yet another professional sport which operates on the principles of socialism: the money all ends up in the pockets of what we might call the “workers”. In a sport which was allegedly only played by amateurs until the mid-1990s, earnings have boomed. The average salary in the [...]