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BusinessWeek April 29, 2010 Matthew Lynn |
A British Toss-Up with an American Twist Nick Clegg came out of nowhere and may now determine who becomes Prime Minister. |
BusinessWeek May 20, 2010 Gonzalo Vina |
George Osborne Is Spooking the Markets Britain's New Chancellor of the Exchequer's alarmist warnings about the coming fiscal pain has investors worried about his skills. |
BusinessWeek March 4, 2010 Reed & Vina |
In Britain, a Rout Turns into a Race As the Tories talk tough about trimming the public sector, voters get nervous -- and Labour suddenly has a chance. |
BusinessWeek July 12, 2004 |
Is Martin Going Overboard In Canada? Some business leaders fear Martin, a fiscal hawk when he was Finance Minister, is abandoning restraint to cater to interest groups. |
BusinessWeek July 21, 2010 Mark Gilbert |
Lucky for Obama, U.K.'s Cameron Is Embracing Austerity First With the threat of a double-dip recession looming, both the U.S. and the U.K. are talking fiscal austerity. The good news for Obama is that Cameron is cutting first. |
BusinessWeek April 18, 2005 Stanley Reed |
Britain: If The Economy Ain't Broke... Blair's strong economic record may be his saving grace in the election. |
BusinessWeek January 27, 2011 Alex Massie |
Gordon Brown: The Great Clunking Stylist What lesson does the former British Prime Minister take from the crash? In his new book, Beyond the Crash: Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalization, he blames America. |
BusinessWeek October 14, 2010 Hutton & Penny |
Britain: Sparing Health Care from Budget Cuts David Cameron's promise to increase National Health Service funding means other budget reductions will be much deeper. |
BusinessWeek June 9, 2011 Jennifer Ryan |
As Cameron Wields the Ax, Britain Cringes The Prime Minister's $130 billion spending-cut plan is in full swing, and Britons are uneasy |
BusinessWeek September 16, 2010 Bryan Keogh |
David Cameron's Budget Thrills Bond Buyers A pledge to shrink the British deficit has sent bond prices sky-high |
Search Engine Watch April 14, 2010 Mark Pack |
Liberal Democrats' View: Humor -- the Double-edged Campaigning Sword Political satire on YouTube, and Twitter provides some important lessons about how U.K. campaign messages are portrayed and spread. |
BusinessWeek July 12, 2004 Stanley Reed |
Inside The Bank Of England The venerable central bank has led Britain to unprecedented prosperity. Now it's trying to contain a housing bubble. Will it succeed? |
BusinessWeek July 28, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
Britain: Will Lower Rates Give Manufacturing a Boost? The Bank of England's quarter-point rate cut on July 10, to a 48-year low of 3.5%, was surprising on two accounts. |
Search Engine Watch April 21, 2010 Mark Pack |
Liberal Democrats' View: It Was Traditional Media That Did It General U.K. election, week two: Old media opened up the British campaign, but the legacy could yet be a large long-term boost to the reach of new media in politics. |
BusinessWeek September 1, 2010 Robert Hutton |
Tony Blair, New Tory, Defends His Reign Tony Blair sounds a conservative note in his memoir. |
BusinessWeek November 4, 2010 Penny & Donaldson |
London's Tory Mayor Defies the Tory Party Prime Minister Cameron has been blindsided by criticism of his budget cuts by London's mayor and fellow Tory, Boris Johnson. |
BusinessWeek October 27, 2003 Howard Gleckman |
A Bit More For The Coffers After three years in free-fall, federal, state, and local government revenues are starting to show signs of a pickup. |
Chemistry World May 12, 2015 Emma Stoye |
Tory election victory heralds new science minister for UK Jo Johnson has been appointed the science and universities minister within the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, overseen by new business secretary Sajid Javid who replaces Liberal Democrat Vince Cable. |
BusinessWeek December 10, 2009 Peter Coy |
Greece Rattles the Euro Zone Athens' budget deficits are damaging its credit rating and will test the solidity of the EU's monetary union. |
BusinessWeek May 12, 2011 |
How Well Do You Know Your Central Bankers? Investors pick apart the minutes of central bank meetings and the speeches of central bankers for clues about rates. See if you can match these phrases with the banks and bankers that produced them. |
U.S. Banker February 2011 Levy & Thiruvadanthai |
The Misguided Hysteria Over Public Debt Contrary to popular perception, government spending is not a drag on the economy. Slashing the federal deficit now would lead to a double-dip recession and plunging tax revenues. |
Registered Rep. June 10, 2011 Diana Britton |
Brown: Greece Is a European Problem, Not a Greek Problem During Pershing's INSITE 2011 conference in Hollywood, Fla., this week, Gordon Brown, the former prime minister of Great Britain, told attendees that Greece's economic trouble is a European problem. |
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 Howard Gleckman |
The Budget: Hey Guys, Get Real President Bush says he wants to cut the deficit in half by 2009. Here's why that's not likely to happen. |
The Motley Fool January 30, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The King Gives Investors Bread and Circus If Burger King keeps growing with its franchisees as happy as The King himself, royalties will be even more generous. Investors, take note. |
AskMen.com Tom Butler |
Image Lessons From The Party Leaders In politics, it seems image counts for a lot. |
BusinessWeek August 25, 2010 Mark Gilbert |
Interest Rates: The Zero Percent Solution There are smart arguments for the world's central banks, particularly the Fed, to start raising rates. They just may not be smart right now. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2009 Jacob Sullum |
Hawk in Hock: Obama pretends to be frugal as we sink deeper in debt The president wants to signal that he's serious about cutting the federal budget. Unfortunately, his plan hinges on the assumption that Americans do not know how to calculate percentages. |
The Motley Fool October 21, 2010 Andrew Bond |
U.K. to Establish "Maximum Attainable" Bank Tax Banks may decide to move operations outside U.K. if tax deemed too harsh. |
InternetNews December 17, 2007 |
UK Admits Losing Data Of 3 Million People British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government suffered new embarrassment over missing data on Monday when it revealed one of its contractors had lost the details of 3 million learner drivers. |
BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 Gail Edmondson |
Can You Say "Supply Side" In Italian? Berlusconi's plan to cut income taxes could wind up causing a deficit nightmare |
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Stanley Reed |
Commentary: Labour's Deep Bench Even if Blair stumbles, Chancellor of Exchequer Brown can step in. |
BusinessWeek August 1, 2005 James Mehring |
Italy: Another Big Hole In The Budget Italy's government is fighting an uphill battle to control its budget deficits. |
Finance & Development September 2011 |
Fiscal Neighbors Canada and the United States confronted growing budget deficits and public debt but the results differed. |
BusinessWeek April 7, 2011 Michael Marois et al. |
Cuomo vs. Brown: A Tale of Two Governors Budget success or failure may rest on how much power the state executive holds. |
BusinessWeek February 24, 2011 Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose Talks to Nassim Taleb The Black Swan's author saw that spiraling risk in financial markets could spark a global crisis. Now he's warning of the risk in delaying deficit cuts |
Finance & Development September 2011 Laurence Ball et al. |
Painful Medicine Although advanced economies need medium-run fiscal consolidation, slamming on the brakes too quickly will hurt incomes and job prospects. |
BusinessWeek July 25, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
South Korea: Seoul's Not Opening The Spigot South Korea appears on its way to a third consecutive year of disappointing economic growth. The only hope to jump-start the economy may well be an aggressive package of fiscal stimuli, but the government seems cool on that option. |
Finance & Development December 2009 Baldacci & Gupta |
Fiscal Expansions: What Works There is a firm link between the composition of fiscal policy and the length of a financial crisis. |
The Motley Fool August 5, 2011 Morgan Housel |
What the Debt Deal Might Do to the Economy Probably nothing good. |
Finance & Development June 2009 Horton & El-Ganainy |
Back to Basics: What Is Fiscal Policy? What is fiscal policy? And, how can fiscal tools provide a boost to the world economy? |
The Motley Fool August 27, 2009 Rob Plaza |
Send This Restaurant Stock Back Investors are excited about Burger King, but that likely won't last. |
Finance & Development June 2009 Eyzaguirre et al. |
Latin America: When Is Fiscal Stimulus Right? For some Latin American countries stimulus is appropriate during the global economic crisis. But for others the answer is less clear. |
Reason May 2009 Flynn & Summers |
Failed States After a long spending binge, governors go begging for a handout. It won't be their last. |
Chemistry World April 15, 2015 Maria Burke |
Science remains a peripheral issue in the UK election The economy, the NHS and immigration are key battlegrounds as the UK election approaches, but science and technology are rarely discussed. |
BusinessWeek February 14, 2005 |
Wanted: An Honest Budget Bad news outweighs good as President Bush prepares to announce the next federal budget. |
Managed Care July 2002 |
CBO Weighs Effect of Growing Deficit on Fed Programs Health care programs such as Medicare and Medicaid figure to suffer, thanks to a growing federal budget deficit, according to a report by the Congressional Budget Office. |
Finance & Development September 2009 Carlo Cottarelli & Jose Vinals |
Looking Ahead Countries must begin now to devise economic strategies to accompany the recovery. |
BusinessWeek February 10, 2010 Peter Coy |
Greece: How the Bond Vigilantes Left It in Ruins Now, Europe is under pressure to rescue the Greeks while keeping other EU members in line. |
BusinessWeek May 16, 2005 |
More Tax Reforms Ahead In Israel Israel's economy is forecast to grow 4% in 2005, and the government's budget deficit is expected to be a relatively small 3.4% of gross domestic product for the year. So the finance minister is preparing for another round of tax cuts. |
On Wall Street September 1, 2011 |
Five Questions With John Chambers John Chambers, managing director at S&P's credit market services division and chairman of its sovereign ratings group, talks about S&P's downgrading of the credit rating of the U.S. |