Posted by Guy Clapperton on 2nd April 2008.
Just when we thought things couldn’t look any bleaker for the markets (and by extension the business community), the Bank of England’s chief Mervyn King is playing down the chance of any rate cut next week.
I suppose you can see why; he has to think about inflation rather than rescuing the economy if indeed it [...]
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Posted by Guy Clapperton on 20th December 2007.
We’re short of an announcement. As outlined in the Daily Telegraph’s blog, we were supposed to know by now whether Mervyn King is staying on at the Bank of England before June.
Christopher Hope in the Telegraph clearly thinks Gordon Brown will keep him because there’s so much at stake, for both business and personal money [...]
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Posted by Guy Clapperton on 29th November 2007.
‘Tis the season to be jolly, well almost, and to get the season off to a flying start I’m a day late with the blog entry. I won’t bore you with excuses, I just won’t draw attention to it and with a bit of luck no-one will notice.
Joking aside, they probably won’t because there’s enough [...]
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