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Post October 2009
The Aftermath And Recovery - Occasional Notes And Commentary
Catching
ones breath (14th October 2009)
Turn
again Whittington (16th October 2009)
Great
expectations (24th October 2009)
Of
confidence
(2nd November 2009)
The APS
that wasn’t (9th November 2009)
“Probably the worst managed bank this country has ever seen.”
(16th November 2009)
Neelie
the elephant (23rd November 2009)
Lloyds
Banking Group escape route (29th November 2009)
Up with
the fees (8th December 2009)
Dubai
dichotomy
(11 December 2009)
A
mountain of debt (19
December 2009)
Back to
square one (27 December
2009)
The John
Smith 2009 top-ten awards (31 December 2009)
Every
little helps
(13 January 2010)
Inflation rears its ugly head (20 January 2010)
Private
equity is back (28 January 2010)
The
verdict on QE (06 February
2010)
Maverick
strikes again (18 February 2010)
Floats
sunk
(19 February 2010)
India
booming
(21 February 2010)
Debt to
equity ratio (23 February 2010)
A return
to growth? (28 February 2010)
October 2009
(The Final Week And The Close Of The Daily Diary 300 entries
on!)
Week Ending October 11th 2009
Delightful damp squib
G20
prognosticates and procrastinates
Road to
Istanbul, and back
Save it!
That was
the (credit) year that was
September 2009
Week Ending October 4th 2009
The
paradox of thrift
Rents
backtrack 20 years
Contrary
Goldman Sachs
Reparation
time
Another
turning point
Week Ending September 27th 2009
Banking’s
bigger buffers
Selecting
reverse gear, US style
Barclays
are at it again
Between a
rock and a hard place
Pound to
Euro parity
Week Ending September 20th 2009
Buyers
back in business
Down with
commercial property
Out in
the cold – still
GM Europe
still not sorted
Motoring
from US via Sweden to China
Week Ending September 13th 2009
Manufacturing more woes
Business
investment down the pan
Reasons to
be cheerful, part 2
Reasons to
be cheerful, part 3
The
really big picture
Week Ending September 6th 2009
Of
bangers & mash
Chelsea
have done it again
In a hole,
but emerging
Stock
markets saw it first
Looking to
the future
August 2009
Week Ending August 30th 2009
More
social aspects
Deflation
not inflation, stupid!
The gap
widens
Further
imbalance
Sleight
of (Japanese) hand
Week Ending August 23rd 2009
To Divine
Take over
bid for UK Treasury
Rule of thumb, rule of pound
Of pious
hopes and safety first
Social
aspects
Week Ending August 16th 2009
81.8%
full
IMF
predicts
More
predictions
Lloyds
and the mixed-up kid
The worst
is over
Week Ending August 9th 2009
Tracking
the 1930’s
The
Bellwether
Bumper US
banking profits
Where does
the M4 go?
The sense
of Footsie
Week Ending August 2nd 2009
Part-time
Britain
The third
(Tory) way
QE
programme not yet working
The two
big mistakes
Factories
in the doldrums
July 2009
Week Ending July 26th 2009
Nature or
Europe fills a vacuum
How is
UKFI doing?
An
alternative bank
Exit from
QE?
It’s called management, stupid
Week Ending July 19th 2009
China’s
protectionism
Turning
to Russia
GM
restructuring approved
While the
tinkers tinker
White
Paper or whitewash?
Week Ending July 12th 2009
Bring on
the mid-tier champion
Another
rocky road
Prenatal
pension cost
Neets must
(yes Neets!)
Back to
the 1930’s, it’s official
June 2009
Week Ending July 5th 2009
Between a
rock and a hard place
40 to 1
against
Your pay,
frozen or cut Sir?
Hedge
funds on edge
We can
sell our debt, honest
Week Ending June 28th 2009
Land-locked Europe misses the boat
Public
sector to fall out of bed
Saab is
saved
Overhauling US financial regulations
Stubborn
inflation and loose debt
Week Ending June 21st 2009
Eastern
Europe has the shakes
Who was a
millionaire?
The one
that got away
Of
Barclays coup de grace
Your
house in gold bars
Week Ending June 14th 2009
Bankruptcy, the bumpy or smooth road
Fiscal,
vote yes: Monetary, vote no
Reasons
to be cheerful, part 2
The World
is tipping eastward
More on
motors
Week Ending June 7th 2009
Get out of
jail free card
Down with
wages
The German
bad bank
Of toxic
treatments
Italy 0,
Canada 1 (with a Russian mid-field)
May 2009
Week Ending May 31st 2009
A false
dawn?
Dr Doom
and the dollar
Germany
leads Europe down
UK
taxpayer doing nicely (short-term)
Back to
the doom and gloom
Week Ending May 24th 2009
HSBC’s
legacy woes
Can you
believe it?
This
diary as a best seller?
Laying
the blame
Having
reached the bottom?
Week Ending May 17th 2009
As car
marques collide
The
problem of storing oil
It’s good
news week
Stressed
out US banks
Current
heaven from legacy hell
Week Ending May 10th 2009
UK economy
falling fast - official
Private
sector pay freeze is best hope
UK banks
still not lending
Chrysler
is bankrupt
Is UK
manufacturing reviving?
April 2009
Week Ending May 3rd 2009
Suffer
little children
Gilt
strike?
Getting
(some of) your money back
It’s just
wishful thinking
General
Motors, shutdown and bankruptcy?
Week Ending April 26th 2009
Irish
eyes not smiling
Of moody
municipals
Singapore’s whiz to fizz
Moody’s
bares its teeth
Triumph
of expectation over hope
Week Ending April 19th 2009
Latest on
US houses and cars
G20
polarisation
G20
Summit: money beats fiscal
G20
Summit: of regulations
Go forth
and quantitatively ease
Week Ending April 12th 2009
Statistical downgrade
Our
maverick Barclays is clean
Gee Whiz
(without the Whiz)
Where is
Dunfermline anyway?
The rain
in Spain
Week Ending April 5th 2009
RBS, so
who authorised what?
The great
pension divide
Of 12
noughts preceded by a 1
King to
Queen 1 - check
Gilt
auction fails
March 2009
Week Ending March
29th 2009
Has
anything worked?
Working
without help
The real
boss speaks out
Anger at
the micro level
US Fed
follows Bank of England
Week Ending March
22nd 2009
The
quantity theory of money
Lloyds 0,
UK Treasury 1
Oil is
thicker than sand & cement
Manufacturing down the pan
To meet
and divide
Week Ending March
15th 2009
Worst
results in UK corporate history
Back in
the US of A
Another
cash call, another bail out
Razzle-dazzle ‘em
Making
fiscal history
Week Ending March
8th 2009
How the
wheels came off
The
Chinese begging bowl
Make up
your own balance sheet
Has the
housing market bottomed?
Job and
van losses
February 2009
Week Ending March
1st 2009
Rock ya baby
Sovereign funds and institutions learn
Is China cheating?
Mr Madoff No 2?
UK tax receipts drop
Week Ending
February 22nd 2009
How can $2,000bn disappoint?
He told them so
IMF cash could dry up
Of City fraud and printing money
European Commission talks tough
Week Ending
February 15th 2009
Down and down we go
UK interest rate at new low
Creeping protectionism
Thanks for the lolly
The big four in surplus
Week Ending
February 8th 2009
Bricks and mortar reality
Voicing the unspeakable
US position, the latest
How the UK Treasury is missing out
The pension protection black hole
January 2009
Week Ending
January 25th 2009
Last throw of the (bank) dice?
.... Away for while to report on the Overseas Perspective... Back In
February
Week Ending
January 18th 2009
My name is bond
Of job losses
The German way
The package arrives
That US $700bn toxic fund
Working the weekend
Week Ending
January 11th 2009
Of civil unrest and public spending
More UK retailers hit the dust
Stopping the recession
UK bank rate cut again, why?
How does it work?
Down amongst the dead men
Would you believe it
Week Ending
January 4th 2009
Down with commercial property
Savers hit back
More help for US autos
Wishing you a prosperous New Year
Annus horribilis, UK Stock Market
It is not working
Savers to save us
December 2008
Week Ending December 28th 2008
Protecting the protector
Funds contra-flow
Tata
Source
Boxing clever
Down with property and equities
Pensioned off
Week Ending December 21st 2008
Recession
came early
US still loves the automobile
As severe as ever
Euro from strength to strength
US Quantitative easing
House of cards
The pound in your pocket
Week Ending December 14th 2008
A pig in a poke?
Gnomes of Zurich on garden leave
Join the Euro?
Germany declares war
City weeping
Commercially speaking
Week Ending December 7th 2008
Libor falls but margin stays
Of William & Mary
When China sneezes
Feel your collar Sir?
UK banks in retreat
Fall of the Pension domino
Double dichotomy
November 2008
Week Ending November 30th 2008
Taxpayers lose out in RBS funding
Worry beads
More funds pour in
Germany says nein
The pump not primed
Still banking on it
Immobile cars and boats and planes
Week Ending November 23rd 2008
Down the pan
A recap
Irish eyes are ....
Here comes the (Japanese) cavalry
A recurring theme
Decline and doubt
The G20 summit
Week Ending November 16th 2008
Europe’s big fish
Germany, Russia (again) and Kuwait
My $700bn article
Russia with less love
Sweden is now affected
Something ‘orrible afoot?
Week Ending November 9th 2008
Does blackmail pay?
Just me and thee
Eventually we get there
Week Ending November 2nd 2008
Of empty ships
About Australia
£1,800bn and counting
Of Sovereign States and oil
Stock Market angst
October 2008
Week Ending October 26th 2008
From Russia with love
A 79 year cycle?
Money market funds
Around the world
Week Ending October 19th 2008
The good news
Yield ye must
And who will buy the Treasury bills?
The end of the middle-game has been played out.
Week Ending October 12th 2008
Bank of England’s monetary policy committee must act
UK banks £50bn lifeline
Brown’s £500bn rescue package for the UK.
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