02/14/2022

Escape From Jekyll Island by Tim Price

“Central bankers control the price of money and therefore indirectly influence every market in the world. Given this immense power, the ideal central banker would be humble, cautious and deferential to market signals.." – James Rickards,

02/13/2022

Speech by John Glen

Economic Secretary to the Treasury John Glen’s speech at TheCityUK Annual Dinner

02/11/2022

FCA says dashboard will increase advice 'value for money'

Greater consumer engagement could drive effective competition, by increasing pressure on providers and advisers to ensure the products and services they provide to consumers offer value for money and meet consumers’ needs and demands.

02/11/2022

Managing the downturn by Vontobel

The Bank of England hiked a further 25bp as expected last week, but with four out of nine committee members voting for a 50bp

02/10/2022

Monetary policy with a steady hand - speech by Huw Pill

Policies that attempt to move quickly back to preconceived neutral levels without reference to the real time evolution of the data run the risk of adding noise and volatility through a mis-calibration of the policy response.

02/09/2022

Has The Penny Dropped?

The volatility and complexity of the US labour market data beg the question as to how the Fed is supposed to decide about the appropriateness and objectivity of its monetary policy when the quality and accuracy of the data is so open to question.