by Christopher Nye | Feb 13, 2019
The Governor of the Bank of England delivered a speech at the Barbican in London yesterday, where he described Brexit as an ‘acid test’ of whether politicians are able to achieve a new form of international cooperation at the same time as respecting democratic...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 13, 2019
2019 began in the middle of what eventually became the longest US government shutdown in history. Running from midnight on 22 December 2018 until 25 January 2019, it was the second federal government shutdown during Donald Trump’s tenure. The President’s approval...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 12, 2019
It wasn’t a great start to the week for UK economic data, with figures showing that manufacturing production slumped by 2.1% year-on-year in December 2018. The markets had been expecting a more modest fall of 1.1%, with yesterday’s reading confirming the third...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 12, 2019
Donald Trump started the week by offering some advice to Democrats, saying they need to ‘loosen up and have fun’, even as the government prepared for another shutdown within a week. It was looking as if initial hope of an agreement between Republicans and Democrats...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 12, 2019
There are those in the UK who still clamour for a second referendum, but yesterday the EU’s Deputy Chief Negotiator with the UK, Sabine Weyand, said that ‘the chances for a reversal of Brexit are non-existent’. It is not hard to realise why, especially given that...
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