Liam Halligan
Liam Halligan's column tackles head on the key issues facing
the British and global economy.
LATEST FROM LIAM HALLIGAN
Pricey oil could put the brakes on US recovery
The outlook for the American economy is improving. That was the message from the Federal Reserve last Wednesday, as the US central bank issued new forecasts showing faster GDP growth and lower unemployment.
28 Apr 2012
| 37 CommentsIMF allows eurozone to stay in its fantasy world
Under Christine Lagarde’s stewardship the IMF is continuing to indulge the eurozone’s banks while the fund’s donor countries seethe .
21 Apr 2012
| 165 CommentsEurozone 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
| 454 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
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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard is International Business Editor of
The Daily Telegraph. He has covered world politics and
economics for 30 years, based in Europe, the US, and Latin America.
He joined the Telegraph in 1991, serving as Washington
correspondent and later Europe correspondent in Brussels.
LATEST FROM AMBROSE EVANS-PRITCHARD
Brussels to relax 3pc fiscal targets as revolt spreads
The European Commission is preparing a major shift in economic strategy, fearing that excessive fiscal tightening will inflict unnecessary damage on a string of eurozone countries.
25 Apr 2012
| 89 CommentsNightmare week for Angela Merkel as austerity bloc crumbles
Europe's political centre is starting to crumble, replicating the pattern of the early 1930s as the crisis ground into its third year under a similar mix of fiscal and monetary contraction.
24 Apr 2012
| 388 CommentsIMF encourages Europe's economic suicide
China, Japan, America, the oil powers, and the rising economies of Latin America had a chance to pull Europe back from suicide through IMF pressure but the world dropped the ball.
22 Apr 2012
| 393 CommentsGerman tempers boil over back-door euro rescues
Controversy rages over 'payments' by Bundesbank to shore up EMU.
19 Apr 2012
| 186 CommentsFitch doubts Dutch AAA amid property 'coma'
Holland needs austerity and can't let political conflict intrude on economy.
18 Apr 2012
| 219 CommentsNicolas Sarkozy lambasts ECB's rigid policies
French president Nicolas Sarkozy has lashed out at the hard money policies of the European Central Bank and launched a veiled attack on Germany's austerity drive, hoping to bolster his flagging re-election campaign.
15 Apr 2012
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