Liam Halligan
Liam Halligan's column tackles head on the key issues facing the British
and global economy.
LATEST FROM LIAM HALLIGAN
Bankers' vitriol has masked King's uncomfortable message
I don't know Sir Mervyn King particularly well. I've talked with the Bank of England Governor á deux just a few times over the years, always at official functions.
05 May 2012
| 76 CommentsPricey 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
| 40 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
| 450 Comments
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
France's housing crisis
Experts predict 40pc price fall just as austerity hits country.
03 May 2012
| 164 CommentsElectoral silence on France's slow economic decline
France's economy has weathered the global crisis of the last five years deceptively well, shielded by a Leviathan state and the postponement of hard choices.
01 May 2012
| 342 CommentsHollande's 'Growth Bloc' spells end of German hegemony in Europe
For two years Germany has had its way in Europe, treating historic nations much as Bismarck treated Bavaria – sovereign only in name.
29 Apr 2012
| 873 CommentsBrussels 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
| 395 Comments
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