Magic Thursday 7th of May 2009. This Thursday there will be a big market move as bank stress tests are officially released, the latest news has indicated that 10 of th... Continue reading
European stimulus plans The ECB meeting is due to meet this week on the 7th and a further 0.25% rate cut is expected which will bring European base rate lendin... Continue reading
Blogs and sites that cover the topic of finance and economics I was at a meeting last week and the topic of 'what I read' came up, I spend on average, about six hours a day reading, granted that is... Continue reading
Derek Braun vs David Cantwell on the Late Late show Pat Kenny had two well known commentators on the Late Late show on Friday, David Cantwell a director with the largest new homes estate ... Continue reading
I wish I was a banker The nationalisation of banks has taken up many of the editorial pages of late, everybody has their own opinion and in particular there ... Continue reading
The banking ‘Whitewash’ Meredith Whitney talks about the 'banking whitewash', saying that the recent gains in many banks (they have been beating expectations b... Continue reading
A look at Euribor, GBP Libor, and Libor The graph below shows that despite different base rates in the US, UK, and Europe that our general interbank lending rates are correlat... Continue reading
Yale economists discuss the financial crisis Yale hosted a panel discussion with Yale Faculty on the National Financial Crisis, to discuss developments since the February 25, 2009... Continue reading
Euribor yield curve changes April 2009 Below are two charts of the Euribor yield curve (many thanks to Bank of Scotland Treasury for their excellent daily reports!). Here ... Continue reading