G7 Recognises Need to Act bu...

September 13, 2011

In their latest efforts to resolve the growing debt crisis in Europe, G7 agreed that they needed to act together. Unfortunately, this appears to be where their efforts ended. There has been no decisio...

Chancellor’s Autumn ‘Sta...

September 12, 2011

Under the previous Labour government we called this a pre-Budget report, but Chancellor George Osborne calls it his ‘Autumn Statement.’ In any case, this is where government paints a picture of wh...

Debt Crisis in Greece Still...

September 12, 2011

Last week as Germany reinforced their short term commitment to a second bailout for Greece, they also voiced their fears that there would eventually be what they referred to as an ‘orderly default�...

Two Year Low in European Sto...

September 07, 2011

Just ahead of Germany’s day in court over the legality of that country’s part in Greece’s bailout effort, European stocks fell to the lowest point in two years. Confidence is at surprisingly low...