Wow! As the debate rages on, it amazes me how the topic I chose in February for the Gresham lecture has just become so topical. For example, everyone on London and Wall Street are now talking about the social purpose of banks, whether God and banking is compatible, and whether they are good or bad….
Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: Monetary Policy before, during and after the financial crisis, Speech by Jürgen Stark, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB Top bankers could face veto, says head of Financial Services Authority (Guardian) FSA to veto 'unethical' bankers from jobs (Times) FSA threatens jail in City…
Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: Monetary Policy before, during and after the financial crisis, Speech by Jürgen Stark, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB Top bankers could face veto, says head of Financial Services Authority (Guardian) FSA to veto 'unethical' bankers from jobs (Times) FSA threatens jail in City…
A lot of American sites are looking at the issues of unemployment right now. For example, there's some fascinating charts from Nathan at Flowing Data which show the impact across the nation, with US unemployment shooting up by four percentage points from 5.8% to 9.8% between 2008 and 2009 (doubleclick to enlarge): Bearing in mind…
A lot of American sites are looking at the issues of unemployment right now. For example, there's some fascinating charts from Nathan at Flowing Data which show the impact across the nation, with US unemployment shooting up by four percentage points from 5.8% to 9.8% between 2008 and 2009 (doubleclick to enlarge): Bearing in mind…
Matt Colebrook, First Direct's Chief Executive, has just written his initial observations about their social media experiment. Interesting words: “It’s now over four weeks since we launched our pioneering ‘live’ site and we’ve been overwhelmed with how it’s been received, over 2000 comments to date on a wide variety of topics. “We’ve also seen a…
Things we're reading today include … UK Banks Break-up Banks face a week of reckoning (Independent)Darling & Kroes: Our banks’ future in their hands (Independent)Alistair Darling to break up RBS and Lloyds as he banks on reform (Times)Alistair Darling to outline plans to spend £30 billion buying bank shares (Telegraph)Royal Bank of Scotland to be 84%…
Things we're reading today include … UK Banks Break-up Banks face a week of reckoning (Independent)Darling & Kroes: Our banks’ future in their hands (Independent)Alistair Darling to break up RBS and Lloyds as he banks on reform (Times)Alistair Darling to outline plans to spend £30 billion buying bank shares (Telegraph)Royal Bank of Scotland to be 84%…
Things we're reading today include … UK Banks Break-up Banks face a week of reckoning (Independent)Darling & Kroes: Our banks’ future in their hands (Independent)Alistair Darling to break up RBS and Lloyds as he banks on reform (Times)Alistair Darling to outline plans to spend £30 billion buying bank shares (Telegraph)Royal Bank of Scotland to be 84%…
Things we're reading today include … UK Banks Break-up Banks face a week of reckoning (Independent)Darling & Kroes: Our banks’ future in their hands (Independent)Alistair Darling to break up RBS and Lloyds as he banks on reform (Times)Alistair Darling to outline plans to spend £30 billion buying bank shares (Telegraph)Royal Bank of Scotland to be 84%…
