Liam Halligan
Liam Halligan's column tackles head on the key issues facing
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Eurozone crisis roars back to savage Spain
'Today the problem is solved," declared French President Nicolas Sarkozy just five weeks ago. "How happy I am a solution to the Greek crisis, which has weighed on the economic and financial situation in Europe and the world for months, has been found."
14 Apr 2012
| 198 CommentsUS set to kick the can further down the road
During the first few months of 2010 and 2011, America showed encouraging signs of robust economic growth. In both years, though, by the spring or early summer, hopes of the world’s biggest economy mounting a meaningful and sustainable recovery were snuffed out.
07 Apr 2012
| 45 CommentsPump panic highlights the West's slavery to crude oil
Advance countries can't do without crude - witness petrol panic in Britain and US gasoline prices nearing the politically deadly “four bucks a gallon” - and claims of US energy independence just don't ring true.
31 Mar 2012
| 89 CommentsBudget 2012: sadly, George Osborne hasn't changed the big picture
George Osborne's latest Budget was, as expected, "fiscally neutral". The Chancellor kept to his "austerity plan", the aim of which is to cut the UK's annual budget deficit to zero by 2016-17.
24 Mar 2012
| 59 CommentsBudget 2012: the role of banks
Sunday Telegraph columnist Liam Halligan: how to avoid a recession.
18 Mar 2012
| 2 CommentsBudget 2012: Chancellor George Osborne should cancel his Budget, we don't need it
The UK doesn’t need a Budget statement this week. The Chancellor George Osborne should cancel his annual set-piece.
17 Mar 2012
| 165 CommentsForget 'economic spring' - Greek outlook is stormy
While last week's debt swap was obviously important, there is still a very real danger of Greece needing yet another bail-out quite soon and eventually leaving the euro.
10 Mar 2012
| 410 CommentsSoaring oil prices will dwarf the Greek drama
Since last week's eurozone "grand summit", the headlines have been positive and, in the official photos anyway, the main players appear to be smiling. As such, the global equity rally goes on.
25 Feb 2012
| 606 Comments
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