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QE - won't increase lending from semafu 86 days old

[ ... ] the BOE's QE program is another gift from the public to the banks - to shore up their balance sheet. add it on to the bail-out money. QE is ...

When a government gambles the house. from semafu 395 days old

Gordon Brown's answer to the banking crisis is simple - the banks are bust but we will plough taxpayers money into the banks until they become good again. When ...

Iceland melts from semafu 399 days old

Before the crisis, the Icelandic banks had foreign assets worth about 10 times the Icelandic gross domestic product (GDP), with debts to match. This ...

Ron Paul and Bernanke on the bail out plan. from semafu 411 days old

Ron Paul - Austrian School Economics.

Bail out. from semafu 412 days old

owe the bank from semafu 415 days old

owe the bank £100, you got a problem. owe the bank £100m, the bank got a problem. owe the bank £100bn, the taxpayer got a problem. It seems the taxpayer ...

credit crunch - who's fault from semafu 424 days old

The UK money supply has been increasing between 10% and 14% every year for the last 10 years. This increase has been via lending. True inflation is the ...

Inflation 5% tops says Merv from semafu 455 days old

Merv at the BoE says inflation (CPI) will peak at 5%, then fall. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7557777.stm I think it will go higher - lets wait ...

interest rates from semafu 507 days old

Economically the UK need to raise interest rates. Politically New Labour needs to lower them if they even want a chance to win the next election. These ...

Merv - Everything Irie from semafu 560 days old

Merv says that credit fears are overstated. Apparently the melt-down may still happen tho, as it could become a self fulfilling prophecy. So what is ...