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Bernanke And King In The Last Chance Monetary Policy Saloon

Feb 12th, 2009 | By Martin Denholm | Category: Politics & Economics

Federal Reserve governor Ben Bernanke and Bank of England governor Mervyn King both used to be teachers. I’m glad I wasn’t a student in their classes.

Tags: Bank Of England, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve, Martin Denholm, Mervyn King, Uk Economy, US economy
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Fed’s $800 Bailout Is ‘Spitting in the Wind’

Nov 26th, 2008 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Top Story

The Fed’s plan to bailout indebted consumers and mortgage holders may sound impressive on paper (remember when $800 billion sounded like a lot of money), but it may just be “spitting in the wind.”

Tags: Ben Bernanke, credit crisis, Fdic, Global Economic Crisis, investing in Britain, Mervyn King, Michael Darda, Stephen King, Wall Street crisis
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The Dollar Rallies Big Time!

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
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The Danger of Stagflation

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
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Gordon Brown: The World’s Best Contrarian Indicator

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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Cost Shocks From Abroad

May 14th, 2008 | By Rob Mackrill | Category: International Investing

The UK economy is being battered by cost shocks from abroad.

Tags: Bank Of England, Commodity Price, Commodity Prices, Current Account Deficit, Food Energy, inflation, International Investing, Mervyn King
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Oil, the Quiet Assassin Of The British Economy

May 13th, 2008 | By Ben Traynor | Category: Oil Investment & Alternative Energy

The credit crunch is a red herring. Everyone blames it for everything that goes wrong in the economy.

Tags: , Bank Of England, Consumer Price, Credit Crunch, inflation, Mervyn King, oil, Oil Prices, Smart Commodities
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Is Inflation or Deflation the Biggest Threat to the Global Economy?

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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Why an Interest Rate Cut Will Only Make Things Worse

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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The City’s Big Fight

May 8th, 2008 | By Tom Bulford | Category: International Investing

Attacked from all sides…Bankers launch their defence…But do we really need them here anyway?

Tags: Bank Of England, Banking Association, British Banks, Doug Mcwilliams, house buyers, International Investing, Mervyn King
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