Bedtime for Bondo
by“By sacrificing quality an investor can obtain a higher income return from his bonds. Long experience has demonstrated that the ordinary investor is wiser…
Bank of England
Is there room for Austrian ideas at the top table?
by[Editor’s note: now that Steve Baker MP is on the Treasury Select Committee, it should be of interest to all Austrianists, and those interested…
Time for change in the London bullion market
by[Editor’s note: The Cobden Centre is happy to republish this commentary by Alasdair Macleod, the original can be found here.] The London bullion market…
Taming the markets
byA recent report by the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) entitled Global Public Investor 2014 discussed the investment strategies of 400 government…
Money derivative creation in the modern economy
byIt isn’t often that a Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin starts “A revolution in how we understand economic policy” but, according to some, that…
Five years of disastrously low interest rates have left Britain addicted to cheap credit
byThis article originally appeared in The Telegraph on 5 March 2014. It is reproduced by permission of the author. Five years ago today, the Bank…
King Carney fails to command the tides
by“Sir, Martin Sandbu writes: “We should not worry about inflation – if we strip out volatile or policy-driven elements, it stands at 1.5%, according…
Untangling gold at the Bank of England
byFrom 2006 the Bank of England’s Annual Report has declared the quantity of gold in its custody, including the UK’s own 310 tonnes. Prior…
Haldane: bond bubble is the biggest threat to financial stability
byVia City A.M., Bank official: Bond bubble is the biggest threat to financial stability | City A.M.. OUTSPOKEN Bank of England official Andrew Haldane warned…
The pound’s slow demise
byOnce upon a time the pound sterling ruled the world of finance. Today it has been relegated to a less regal status, displaced by…