Recent Posts Tagged With 'credit crunch'

• UK Bank Bailout - Round 2 Begins?

  Posted on Friday January 2nd, 2009 at 19:46 in credit crunch, government intervention, bank crisis, uk bailout

  The main post today is quite brief as I would like to catch up on some of the questions and comments from previous posts. I have been reading the news and it is ever more apparent that the bailouts of the banking system are really just not working. ...

• Banking Bailouts - Why they will help bankrupt the US and UK

  Posted on Tuesday September 30th, 2008 at 20:07 in economic crisis, credit crunch, credit crisis, bailout banking system, us bankrupt, uk bankrupt

  I have written about the banking bailout several times, but thought that an analagy might help to clarify the reasons why I oppose all bailouts. However, rather than starting afresh I will continue on with the analogy that I used at the start of an e...

• The Banking Crisis is as Much a Symptom as a Cause

  Posted on Wednesday September 17th, 2008 at 14:30 in depression, recession, aig, hbos, credit crunch, banking crisis, uk unemployment

  It seems that my post on reform regulation will have to wait a little longer, so I apologise to regular readers who may have been waiting for the post. It seems that the news of the moment is worth further comment.A good starting point is to refer yo...

• Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - What does it mean?

  Posted on Sunday September 7th, 2008 at 15:45 in bank failure, credit crunch, credit crisis, fannie mae and freddie mac

  A very quick post on the nationalisation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. There appear to be very positive responses to the US government nationalisation of these institutions.The first point to note here is that this will help the battered balance she...

• UK Inflation and house price support - What is going on?

  Posted on Wednesday August 13th, 2008 at 02:28 in support, darling, credit crunch, house price, uk inflation

  I will interrupt my commentary on UK government spending as there has been a string of news that is worth consideration.There is a lot of excitement in the press at the moment about inflation in the UK (see here and here and here). I have already det...

• Peak Oil and the Credit Crunch? Any Relationship?

  Posted on Thursday July 3rd, 2008 at 06:03 in oil, peak, credit crunch

  I have had some comments/questions posted, so I thought I would answer these over my next couple of posts.The first is a question in response to my post; 'The Economic Collapse is Starting'. The question is as follows:'What connection do you see betw...