As published by IREF Online
Published on 2nd December 2023
Introduction
The UK government has cancelled its guarantees to a private lender – Greensill Capital – under the UK’s coronavirus support, without the obligation that was guaranteed having been discharged. This puts a major question mark against the UK’s good faith in its financial dealings: if the UK […]
The TSC has finally started to nail the Bank of England
Published on 1st December 2023
It has inexplicably fallen below the radar that the Treasury Select Committee on 22nd November finally succeeded in cornering the Bank of England about key features of their bond buying (Quantitative Easing) and selling (Quantitative Tightening).
The upshot is that further questioning, […]
Published on 30th November 2023
The Treasury Select Committee on 22nd November finally succeeded in cornering the Bank of England about key features of their bond buying (Quantitative Easing) and selling (Quantitative Tightening).
The upshot is that further questioning, apart from nailing down one or two details about how the new Bank Levy can be used, can […]
As published on IREF Europe
Published on 6th July 2023
UK Consumer Price Inflation remained at 8.7% in May. The Bank of England has raised the cost of overnight money to 5% via increases in its Base Rate, and has caused the cost of medium-term money to rise by selling off the bonds that it bought since […]
— blog published on 6th April 2023 and the underlying article by IREF Europe on 5th April 2023 —
Introduction
How resilient is the global banking system? Are banks’ capital buffers now much larger than they were going into the Global Financial Crisis of 2007/8, as authorities claim?
The buffers – called ‘Common Equity Tier 1’ (or CET1), […]
— blog published on 1st April 2023 and the underlying article by IREF Europe on 29th March 2023 —
The template created after the Global Financial Crisis of 2007/8 to shield taxpayers from direct bailouts of failed banks has already folded – authorities dare not use it.
The template is to put failed banks into ‘resolution’, with […]