Bank of England
Why the Bank of England should not increase interest rates in 2015
The case for keeping interest rates at their current level is compelling.
Austerity and the misspent QE trillions
Austerity has enriched multinational companies and the owners of financial and real assets, while grinding down the value of earned income, pensions and benefits.
Taxpayers are looking increasingly exposed on the back of Co-op downgrade
This morning credit ratings agency Moody's downgraded the Co-operative bank to Caa1. However the bank is still, as far as I am aware, open for business, despite the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) being told about the downgrade before the start of business today.
Bank of England confirms rich made richer by QE
Will a politician have the courage to make the case for measures to deliberately redistribute from rich to poor if only to correct the redistribution that has taken place in the opposite direction as a result of QE?
Red Farage adopts Left economics
Nigel Farage, generally considered to be to the Right of the Conservative Party, is advocating expansionist Bank of England policies, and "maximum employment".
Osborne under increasing pressure to move to the right
The chancellor George Osborne is coming under increasing pressure from tory back benchers and the governor of the bank of England to pursue a more right wing agenda.