Sunday, 16 October 2011

Liam Halligan

Liam Halligan

Liam Halligan's column tackles head on the key issues facing the British and global economy.

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LATEST FROM LIAM HALLIGAN

Putting an end to the euro would be better than yet another bail-out

‘Something” will happen by early November, we were told last Sunday.

15 Oct 2011

Talking up austerity will never bring down the UK's debt, Mr Osborne

The Chancellor's policy of credit easing and QE aims to avoid the real problem of facing up to a grid-locked banking system, writes Liam Halligan.

08 Oct 2011

Eurozone teeters on the verge of a 'euroquake' if Greek default is bungled

More than one in three international investors expect a global economic meltdown within the next 12 months, according to a new Bloomberg poll. Far more - almost 70pc - say the world economy is deteriorating, up from just 18pc four months ago.

01 Oct 2011

UK inflation figures make a mockery of the economic assumptions of old

News emerged last week that during August, UK inflation went up. Again. The consumer price index (CPI) index last month showed that prices were 4.5pc higher than the same month in 2010.

17 Sep 2011

Nothing less than the total break-up of banks will do

"Never again will American taxpayers be held hostage by banks that are too big to fail," boomed Barack Obama in January 2010. "If these folks want a fight, it's a fight I'm ready to have".

10 Sep 2011