Facing an explosion in cases of the omicron coronavirus variant in Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson significantly tightened the country’s health guidelines on Wednesday, mandating masks in indoor spaces and urging adults to work from home. Johnson made the …
Coronavirus latest as Boris Johnson announces Plan B restrictions including face masks in more settings, COVID passes in large venues and working from home guidance; Allegra Stratton resigns after joking about Downing Street “party” in leaked video. https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-news-uk-latest-live-boris-johnson-party-covid-lockdown-12469075
by Shaun Richards This morning is one of those where the research student who is presenting the morning meeting thinks that the Christmas party has arrived already and the Governor has authorised the release of the best wines from its …
by Shaun Richards On Friday we looked at the troubles of the ECB which have been exacerbated in another area this morning as inflation in Spain has risen to 5.6%. If we switch our perspective to the UK we see …
Dutch health authorities confirm that 61 passengers aboard two KLM flights from South Africa tested positive for Covid-19. The results are being examined for the new Omicron variant https://t.co/zXyJRhSLic — AFP News Agency (@AFP) November 27, 2021 #UPDATE South Africa’s …
via fee.org: If you ever need a reminder of how important freedom of speech is, all you need to do is look across the pond. The United Kingdom, which doesn’t have a First Amendment, has slowly seen citizens’ free …
by Shaun Richards This week has seen a ratcheting up of pressure on the Bank of England with the problem being that it has come from opposite directions. But let me start with what it considers to be its main …
by Shaun Richards Today brings a collision between a couple of trends for the UK and finishes off a week full of data. It also brings a couple of my themes into play and in fact three as the Bank …
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by Shaun Richards It was kind of Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey to make me look tight so quickly. It was only on Friday that I pointed out the corruption issues at central banks and he then dashed off …
by Shaun Richards Yesterday we heard for the first time from the new Chief Economist of the Bank of England Hew Pill as his written answers to the Treasury Select Committee were released. I suppose it was one of the …
by Shaun Richards Today the Bank of England makes its policy announcement. I would say that some of you may be reading this after the event but in a way I am too as it voted last night. It prefers …
(Bloomberg) — Natural gas futures have been soaring, and they’re set to get especially high in New England and California in the coming months.Most Read from BloombergU.S. inventories are tight, to the point where a harsh winter could mean a …
Pelosi is spreading her venom in England this week. Via The Storm Has Arrived: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/09/not-welcome-nancy-trump-won-go-back-epstein-island-nancy-pelosi-greeted-hecklers-northern-england-stop-video/
by Shaun Richards This morning has seen something of a different event but it has given us an insight into the thoughts of the Bank of England. This is because QuickBooks arranged an “Ask the Expert” session with Michael Saunders …
by Shaun Richards We arrive at the latest money supply, mortgage and unsecured credit numbers just as we get a reminder of ch-ch-changes in a major area. This is a shift within the demand for cars that has boosted the …
Plus this interesting info from a FOI request pic.twitter.com/O9vZv9rRjK — VictoriaZ (@v_zasikowski) August 16, 2021 I checked this claim after finding the document and it bears out. I got my son to check the maths – it is correct. Then …
Nearly one million people in England became addicted to alcohol as a result of Covid lockdowns, official data suggests. Government polling before the pandemic estimated 1.5million adults drank at least 50 units every week — the equivalent of three pints or nearly …
The Government wants to ban single-use knives, forks and plates, according to a new report. Environment Secretary George Eustice is planning a consultation regarding a ban on throwaway cutlery in England, the Sun newspaper reported. He will be hoping new …
by confoundedinterest17 I wonder if Jason Statham can reprise his role in the remake? From BullionStar: In what’s becoming one of the longest running legal dramas in the global gold market, the saga of Venezuela’s ‘frozen’ gold in London continues to …
by Shaun Richards This has been a bad week for central bankers as we have seen inflation soar above their predictions. The 5.4% for US CPI is not what the Federal Reserve explicitly targets but suggests a trend well above …
A total of 520,194 alerts were sent last week to people in England who had been in close contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus.
by Shaun Richards This morning has been one where a little known committee has emerged blinking into the spotlights. It is the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) of the Bank of England and just to prove that they are central bankers …
The Bank of England has called on ministers to decide whether a central bank digital currency should be “programmable”, ultimately giving the issuer control over how it is spent by the recipient. Tom Mutton, a director at the Bank of …
The Bank of England has called on ministers to decide whether a central bank digital currency should be “programmable”, ultimately giving the issuer control over how it is spent by the recipient. Tom Mutton, a director at the Bank of …
Everything Biden does is a lie – so it’s no surprise Biden’s cheat sheet in England is all Trump-bashing based on absolute lies. Creepy and corrupt Joe Biden found himself in England this past week. We’re not sure if he …
by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Pending “Basel III” regulations emanating from the Bank for International Settlements could destroy the clearing and settlement system for “unallocated” — that is, “paper” or imaginary — gold …
by Shaun Richards Today has brought an update on what is the economic policy response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This has been the surge in fiscal policy and its deployment on a grand scale. By contrast monetary policy which had …
Hate Speech laws expanded in Britain in order to prosecute peeps for thought crimes! If you search wrong or read the wrong page, it is against the law now in England and could land you 15 years in the big …