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Mervyn King ’
Nov 12th, 2008 |
By Chuck Butler |
Category: Financial News, US Dollar & Forex Trading
The dollar rallies big time! A dollar conspiracy? Bailing out the automakers? Weathering the storm in N.Z.?
And Now… Today’s Pfennig!
Tags: Automakers, Bank Of England, BOA, Boe Policy, Crude Oil Prices, currencies, dollar rally, ECB, euro, Eurozone, Jean Claude Juncker, krona, Mervyn King, US dollar, yen
Posted in Financial News, US Dollar & Forex Trading |
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May 15th, 2008 |
By Lord William Rees-Mogg |
Category: Politics & Economics
There seems to be two important consensuses coming from the world’s pre-eminent economic minds. One is that the inflationary policies of the Federal Reserve are setting the economy down a dark path. The other is that the guys in charge of the Federal Reserve are the only ones who don’t realize this.
Tags: , Alan Greenspan, Bank Of England, Ben Bernanke, economics, Federal Reserve, Hyperinflation, inflation, Mervyn King, Paul Volcker, politics, stagflation, United States
Posted in Politics & Economics |
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May 15th, 2008 |
By John Stepek |
Category: International Investing
When Gordon Brown sold half our gold reserves all those years ago, it almost precisely marked the end of the yellow metal’s long bear market.
Tags: Bank Of England, Consumer Price Index, CPI, gold, Gordon Brown, inflation, International Investing, Low Income Families, Mervyn King
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May 13th, 2008 |
By John Stepek |
Category: International Investing
I really wouldn’t like to be the man in charge of sorting out the UK economy today. Almost every piece of economic data so far this week has been as bad as it could be.
Tags: Bank Of England, Core Inflation, deflation, dollar, Goldman Sachs, House Prices, inflation, International Investing, Mervyn King, oil, Petrol Costs, Uk Inflation
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May 8th, 2008 |
By John Stepek |
Category: International Investing
Later today at noon, to be precise the Bank of England will announce its latest decision on interest rates. So what’s it going to do? The question is a lot harder to answer this month than we’ve been used to for the last few years.
Tags: Bank Of England, Consumer Confidence, CPI, inflation, interest rates, Mervyn King, recession, Uk Economy
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May 7th, 2008 |
By Ben Traynor |
Category: International Investing
How does a bank work? In very simple terms, a bank collects deposits from savers, and lends the money to borrowers. It pays interest on the deposits, charges a higher rate of interest on what it lends, and keeps the difference as profit.
Tags: Bank Of England, England, FSA, Medvedev, Mervyn King, Money Markets, Northern Rock, Northern Rock crisis, paulson, Putin, Russia
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May 1st, 2008 |
By Rob Mackrill |
Category: International Investing
In England, it’s local elections. In London, it’s decision time for choosing a Mayor too… Ken, Boris or Brian..?
Tags: Bank Of England, Commodity Prices, Food For Thought, gold, HBoS, Institute Of Purchasing And Supply, International Investing, Mervyn King, MPC, palladium, platinum, silver
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