The latest book from Dr Charles Read, an Affiliated Lecturer in our Faculty of Economics is ‘Calming the Storms: the Carry Trade, the Banking School and British Financial Crises since 1825’.
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
Keywords: BankingFinanceFinancial CrisisUK Economy
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Monday, 6 February, 2023
Charles Read,an affiliated lecturer for the economics faculty, has been quoted in an article about Liz Truss’ mini budget, saying he warned about the dangers of a policy that would quickly raise interest rates.
Keywords: FinanceInterest RatesPolicyUK Economy
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
Professor Meredith Crowley was interviewed on the BBC 2 TV programme Newsnight with her analysis of the state of the UK economy three years on from Brexit.
Keywords: BrexitPost-BrexitTradeUK Economy
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Friday, 14 January, 2022
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was quoted in the Financial Times newspaper's article on the economic impact of the Omicron variant.
The article looks at how Boris Johnson’s decision to ride out the Omicron wave of Covid-19 is effecting the UK business and the economy and how both are recovering post-pandemic.
Keywords: COVID-19UK Economy
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Sunday, 17 February, 2019
Dr. Meredith Crowley gave extended interview to BBC Radio 4's Analysis program on "Fair Exchange?", in which she discusses how a falling value of the British pound sterling could impact the British economy. The programme will be broadcast on the 18th February 2019 at 8.30pm and will be available to listen online after.
Keywords: Women in EconomicsBrexitUKUK Economy
Economics News | Published on Tuesday, 5 February, 2019
Update - The Department for International Trade (DIT) and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have merged to form the Department for Business and Trade (DBT).
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Wednesday, 22 February, 2017
Andy Haldane(Chief Economist at the Bank of England) will give the next St Catharine's Political Economy Seminar in the series on the Economics of Austerity on "Whose Recovery?". The event will be held Wednesday 22 February 2017, 18:00 -19:30, in the Mill Lane Lecture Room 1.
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Thursday, 6 October, 2016
The first post-Referendum analysis of the UK economy was provided in early August by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research. In which there was considered to be a 50:50 chance of a technical recession for the UK following the referendum result.
Keywords: RecessionVotingUK Economy
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Sunday, 14 February, 2010
Faculty of Economics Professors sign open letter claiming that the government lacks a credible plan to cut Britain’s budget deficit and that action to reduce the country’s borrowing should start immediately after the election.
David Newbery and Hashem Pesaran were among 20 eminent Economists who signed the letter that appeared in the Sunday Times (14/02/10).
Keywords: UK EconomyUK Government