By: Jessica Morris

I write about energy and industrials for City A.M. I'm particularly interested in geopolitics, energy policy and, of course, the ever lively oil markets.

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Greek debt crisis: Parliament approves third bailout deal

August 15, 2015

The Greek government approved a third bailout deal this morning, with more than half of the country's 300-strong parliament voting in favour of the deal. Read more: The bailout alone will not save Greece now and time is running out for Alexis Tsipras Lawmakers began wrangling over the controversial package, which requires more austerity and economic [...]
Greek debt crisis: Germany concedes Greece needs debt relief

August 15, 2015

Germany has conceded Greece needs debt relief, as the cash-strapped country races to submit a reform plan in time for its midnight deadline. "Debt sustainability is not feasible without a haircut and I think the IMF is correct in saying that," German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told a conference in Frankfurt. However he also said "there [...]
Immigration is good news for highly-skilled workers

August 14, 2015

Immigration is one of the most major policy concerns in the UK. It dominated the agendas of political parties in the run up to the General Election, while the debate about the cap for visas of non-EU skilled immigrants continues to rage on. And according to the July Economist/Ipsos Mori index, 42 per cent of the [...]
Greek GDP growth smashes expectations in the second quarter

August 13, 2015

Analysts were incredulous this morning after the Greek economy appeared to shrug off uncertainty surrounding its debt crisis during the second quarter. Figures released today by Greece’s official statistics agency Elstat showed the country's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.8 per cent in the three months to June, completely smashing economists' expectations for a 0.5 [...]
Bond buying, risks to growth and Grexit threat: Seven key takes from the European Central Bank’s July minutes

August 13, 2015

The European Central Bank (ECB) has released the minutes from the meeting of its governing council which took place on Wednesday and Thursday this week. Here are seven key extracts: Read more: ECB "on track" to complete €1 trillion QE programme 1. Bond buying is becoming more difficult Portfolio managers had reported that purchases of eligible [...]
How low can yuan go: China lets the renminbi fall for third consecutive day

August 13, 2015

China sought to allay fears that the renminbi could enter into free-fall, as it devalued the currency for the third consecutive day. During a press conference in the early hours of this morning, the People's Bank of China (PBoC) said the strong economic environment, sustained trade surplus, sound fiscal position and deep foreign exchange reserves provided "strong support" to the [...]
UK house prices rose at the fastest pace in a year in July – and could speed up this year

August 13, 2015

British house prices rose at their fastest rate in a year last month, while the gap between supply and demand means they could speed up this year. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) monthly house price balance rose to +44 in July, from +40 a month earlier. This was the highest since July 2014 and [...]
Tui Group share price leaps despite profit hit from Tunisia terror attack

August 13, 2015

Shares in Tui Group jumped 7.5 per cent to 1,118p after results posted this morning showed a rise in profits – despite the terror attack in Tunisia and uncertainty over the Greek debt hitting its revenues. The figures Tui Group reported net income of €49.4m (£35.2m) in the three months to June 30, having made a [...]
Mapped: These are London’s “filthiest” supermarkets

August 12, 2015

Hygiene inspectors have found around a third of Britain's "filthiest supermarkets" are located in London, according to data from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) crunched by the Mirror. The FSA ranking stretches from zero which means urgent improvement is required, to "5" which means the hygiene standards are very good. Those listed were among a handful of [...]
Mark Reckless is Ukip’s new economics spokesperson

August 12, 2015

Conservative defector and Ukip MP Mark Reckless is back on the scene – this time as a mouthpiece for Ukip's economic policies. Reckless, who lost his seat in Rochester and Strood to the Tories in the General Election, replaces MEP Patrick O'Flynn as economics spokesperson. O'Flynn resigned from the post in May. At the time, [...]

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