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Chris spent eight years as a UK economist with one of Japan's biggest banks. His main interests now are macroeconomics, financial economics and behavioural finance.
The Bank's big rate cut - with more to come - suggests it has little confidence in government measures to stimulate the economy and bank lending.
04 December 2008
The Bank of England's MPC concludes its monthly meeting tomorrow. It will cut interest rates. But by how much?
03 December 2008
IN BRIEF: Despite hard talk by the government, banks are still not lending to each other
03 December 2008
Mortgage lending and manufacturing output have indeed slumped - but other lending is holding up well and consumer credit is still growing
01 December 2008
COLUMNIST: Two more surveys confirm that consumers are downbeat. But the Bank of England is unlikely to cut rates aggressively next week
28 November 2008
The Treasury's economic and fiscal forecasts are often wildly inaccurate - yet few people care
26 November 2008
PRE-BUDGET REPORT: Will the the government's big plan really stimulate the economy?
24 November 2008
Prices are still too high relative to rents, and past experience suggests they are likely to fall another 30 per cent before bottoming out
24 November 2008
ECONOMICS: A slew of data shows that consumers are still borrowing, still saving and still spending. Only the government is skint
20 November 2008
Whatever the Chancellor announces in the pre-Budget report next week will be aimed at saving the Labour Party, not the economy
18 November 2008
READERS' QUESTIONS: Should investors take up the utility's rights issue?
Simon Thompson picks six stocks with good prospects, huge asset backing, and bombed-out share prices!
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Come off it, Darling!
READER COMMENT: Too much debt is a bad idea, whether it's personal or national, say readers