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• Ex-Bank of England deputy governor Sir John Gieve joins hedge fund GLG

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  Sir John Gieve, a former deputy governor of the Bank of England, is to join GLG, one of the most prominent hedge funds, it was reported.
  1 hour ago

• Banks bailout to cost taxpayer £131bn

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Financial advisers to Treasury – including Credit Suisse – to pocket £107m in fees, National Audit Office report finds Total taxpayer support for the stricken banking system will reach £131bn by the end of this year, the National Audit Office says today – and reveals that one investment bank pocketed ...
  9 hours ago

• Jean-Claude Trichet puts his money where his mouth is

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  The European Central Bank (ECB) has taken a baby step towards the monetary exit.
  13 hours ago

• After the binge, banks need a steadying hand to keep them upright

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  After the party, the hangover - a colossal £850bn hangover in the case of the banks.
  15 hours ago

• BoE beats sensible retreat on corporate bonds

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  The Bank of England is backtracking on corporate bonds. The March plan to buy investment-grade debt on the open market will now be supplemented by a plan to sell them. Its a sensible - and profitable - retreat.
  17 hours ago

• Excellent summary on why Quantitative Easing wont work

  
  Mark Wadsworth — Authority: 442
  As I have explained before *, QE wont work in the UK as numbers on bits of paper are being shuffled between the commercial banks and two departments of HM Treasury (the Debt Management Office and the Bank of England) in a closed loop. In the USA, the government is actually giving the banks new money, by buying bad ...
  20 hours ago

• Kipper Williams: Hands up those who dont know what the hells going on

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Bank of England advisers not told about secret £62bn loan to HBOS
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• Bank advisers not told about secret £62bn loan to HBOS

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Monetary committee setting interest rates was kept in dark, former member claims Members of the Bank of Englands monetary policy committee were not informed of the Banks secret £62bn loan to HBOS or RBS last year, which would have been a key factor in their setting of interest rates, the former MPC member David ...
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• BoE Governor Mervyn King kept me in dark on economy, says David Blanchflower

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  David Blanchflower, the former Bank of England policymaker, has accused Mervyn King of keeping vital information from him at the height of the financial crisis.
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• Standard & Poors predicts weak EU economic recovery

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  • Demand for government bonds soared to £605bn this year • Ailing industrial sectors could cut investment by up to 50% European economies have seen the worst of the recession off, although they face a "very shallow recovery next year," credit ratings agency Standard & Poors warned on Wednesday. High ...
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• Tweaking taxes is not the way to prevent future asset bubbles

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  Just over a week ago, the Bank of England called for a debate on how to prevent future asset bubbles. Adam Posen, a member of the BoE committee that sets interest rates, has responded quickly. He wants to use housing taxes to stop future booms.
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• Bubble warning from Bank of Englands chief economist

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Spencer Dale believes that the longer that quantitative easing continues, the greater the risk that markets get out of control Spencer Dale, the Bank of Englands chief economist, today warned of the risk of a new bubble inflating in frenzied financial markets , as the economy moves into "renewed expansion." ...
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• BoE chief economist Dale says economy appears to have turned

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  Britain appears to be emerging from recession but a number of headwinds could hinder recovery, Bank of England chief economist Spencer Dale said.
  2 days ago

• US Consumers Have Slacked Off

  
  The Daily Reckoning Australia — Authority: 550
  First: the noise. Stocks came back a little on Wall Street yesterday, with the Dow up 34 points. Gold rose $6 too. Dubai is still in trouble, as the local Bedouins said they werent putting their full faith and credit behind the Dubai World debt. We wonder how long it will be before the next pin pricks the bubble. ...
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• The people who are asking these questions are the ones shoving you under the bus

  
  Corrente — Authority: 624
  The parties -- let alone the "progressive" access bloggers -- are just lackeys. Heres the question : In some influential circles, these questions are now asked: What’s wrong with high levels of inequality in general, and with having very rich bankers in particular. Read the post for whats wrong -- though if ...
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• UK: Posen calls for bubble tax on homes [national property tax?]

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Homeowners must be charged penalty taxes on their properties if the UK is to avoid a future housing crash, according to one of the Bank of Englands policymakers. Adam Posen, a member of the Banks Monetary Policy Committee, said that the Government should consider slapping extra taxes on British properties, suggesting ...
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• Posen calls for bubble tax on homes

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  Homeowners must be charged penalty taxes on their properties if the UK is to avoid a future housing crash, according to one of the Bank of Englands policymakers.
  2 days ago

• Feudal Lords of Finance

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 151
  In some influential circles, these questions are now asked: What’s wrong with high levels of inequality in general, and with having very rich bankers in particular? After all, human societies have survived the presence of extremely wealthy individuals in the past--in fact, some now argue, the presence of such a ...
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• Britain risks becoming the first country in the G10 bloc to risk capital flight and a full-blown debt crisis over coming months

  
  Survival News Network — Authority: 143
  The US investment bank said there is a danger Britain’s toxic mix of problems will come to a head as soon as next year, triggered by fears that Westminster may prove unable to restore fiscal credibility.“Growing fears over a hung parliament would likely weigh on both the currency and gilt yields as it would ...
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• Britain risks becoming the first country in the G10 bloc to risk capital flight and a full-blown debt crisis over coming months

  
  Get Out of Dodge! — Authority: 136
  The US investment bank said there is a danger Britain’s toxic mix of problems will come to a head as soon as next year, triggered by fears that Westminster may prove unable to restore fiscal credibility. “Growing fears over a hung parliament would likely weigh on both the currency and gilt yields as it would ...
  2 days ago

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