Financial reform in America: Wobbling | The Economist
Via Financial reform in America: Wobbling | The Economist: “IN THESE efforts we seek a careful balance,” Barack Obama declared as he unveiled his…
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Final-salary pension fund deficit doubles at Britain’s blue chips
Via Final-salary pension fund deficit doubles at Britain’s blue chips : The shortfall in FTSE 100 blue chip final-salary pension schemes more than doubled…
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Via The Bank must keep the presses rolling – Telegraph Blogs: The figures don’t in themselves prove that QE has been unsuccessful. It is…
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Via FT.com / Financials – US prime borrowers fall behind on payments: The number of US prime borrowers behind on home loan payments has…
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Via FT.com / US / Politics & Foreign policy – Obama urged to ‘make the case’ for free trade: The US’s largest trade and…
Read MoreFT.com / Columnists / John Plender – Ditch theory and take away the punchbowl
Via FT.com / Columnists / John Plender – Ditch theory and take away the punchbowl: There are, by now, a thousand and one ideas…
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Via FT.com / Markets – Sterling buoyed by hopes of growth: Sterling was lifted on Wednesday by UK data indicating that recovery in business…
Read MoreFT.com – Lloyds reports first-half loss of £4bn
Via FT.com / Companies / UK companies – Lloyds reports first-half loss of £4bn: Lloyds Banking Group on Wednesday said that the deteriorating state…
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FT.com – “Beware of errors in output gap data”
Entrepreneur and economist Toby Baxendale responds to warnings over errors in output gap data by explaining that there is no output gap, only lost…
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FT.com — “Wall St profits from Fed role”
Prompted by an FT article on banks’ excess profits arising from quantitative easing, entrepreneur and economist Toby Baxendale explains how QE widens wealth inequality…
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