George Osborne stares at a wheel. Photo: Getty
Fitch agency downgrades UK credit rating from AAA to AA+
By Helen Lewis - 20 April 8:56

More trouble for "downgraded Chancellor" George Osborne.

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Ben Bernanke
What should economists and policy makers learn from the financial crisis?
By Charlotte Simmonds - 31 March 9:22

Ben Bernanke, Mervyn King, Larry Summers, Olivier Blanchard and Axel A. Weber talk at the LSE about the lessons of the crash.

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Bitcoin: this is what a bubble looks like
By Alex Hern - 14 March 18:00

Not if, but when, the bubble will burst.

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Dow Jones nearing an all-time high. So what?
By Alex Hern - 05 March 13:18

The Dow is a silly index for silly people. Pay no heed.

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Xavier Rolet, the Chief Executive of the London Stock Exchange, poses for photog
Government Bond Markets: Unfeeling Psychopaths or Rational Keynesians?
By Paweł Morski - 28 February 10:45

We're blaming the fire alarm for the fire.

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Has the pound turned the corner against the Euro?
By Alex Hern - 26 February 13:33

As the Italian tuttishambles starts to bite, the currency wars get interesting.

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Japan: "We'd never buy foreign bonds (we might buy foreign bonds)"
By Alex Hern - 19 February 9:05

Abe puts the squeeze on the BoJ.

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How Paypal robs the Bank of England
By Alex Hern - 18 February 17:07

Digital currencies might start creating a sticky situation for central banks.

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G7: Japan is fine. No, not fine. The other one. Concerning. Japan is concerning.
By Alex Hern - 12 February 15:51

Lessons in unclear policy communication.

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Japan targets the stock market
By Alex Hern - 12 February 11:58

The Nikkei at 13,000 is the new target.

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Europe wobbles…
By Alex Hern - 05 February 10:03

Italy, Spain and Cyprus all strike fear into the hearts of economists.

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New Statesman
400ms of insider information
By Alex Hern - 04 February 10:52

High frequency (insider) trading.

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The Bank of England. Photograph: Getty Images
Osborne's bank raid reconsidered
By Alex Hern - 18 January 18:23

Was the "smash and grab" actually so bad?

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Swiss franc soars away from the price floor
By Alex Hern - 18 January 14:14

Good news ahead.

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Berlin follows Caracas in goldbug repatriation
By Alex Hern - 17 January 19:05

Why are they doing it? Because the conspiracists have won.

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New Statesman
How a cat beat professionals at stockpicking
By Alex Hern - 15 January 11:26

A teachable moment.

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New Statesman
Krugman backs minting a $1trn platinum coin
By Alex Hern - 08 January 9:16

The real funny story's the debt ceiling.

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A non-platinum, single dollar coin. Photograph: Getty Images
Fixing the debt ceiling with a trillion dollar platinum coin
By Alex Hern - 04 January 14:16

Make a silly demand, get a silly concession.

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Shinzo Abe. Photograph: Getty Images
Japan "nationalises" industrial stock
By Alex Hern - 03 January 18:08

State capitalism, or unconventional fiscal policy?

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New Statesman
A big week for money
By Alex Hern - 17 December 9:57

Breakthroughs worldwide.

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A sign for Moody's rating agency. Photograph: Getty Images.
We must free ourselves from the tyranny of the credit rating agencies
By David Skelton - 21 November 11:19

The disastrous record of the rating agencies proves that they do not deserve their exalted position.

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New Statesman
Japan's economy slides further towards recession
By Alex Ward - 12 November 18:18

The country's fifth in 15 years.

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A sign hangs on a closed shop in Rome. Photograph: Getty Images
Eurozone retail PMI shows contraction for 12th month running
By Alex Hern - 30 October 11:16

Europe isn't out of the storm yet.

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The statue on the top of the Bank of England. Photograph: Getty Images
The birth of a zombie statistic
By Alex Hern - 29 October 12:16

"Record numbers of people in work" is a meaningless fact.

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Hurricane Sandy making landfall. Image: WeatherBELL
US markets close as Frankenstein's Monstorm heads to NYC
By Alex Hern - 29 October 11:14

Hurricane Sandy marks first full trading-day lost to weather in over 25 years.

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Angela Merkel
Dismal figures stoke fears of further eurozone downturn
By Alex Ward - 24 October 14:18

Slumping private sector output, rising debt, and general malaise foreshadow further decline.

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Trading kidneys, repugnant markets and stable marriages win the Nobel Prize in Economics
By Alex Hern - 15 October 13:25

Roth and Shapley charted a course for economists to go beyond simply arguing for markets in everything.

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The Matterhorn, Swiss icon. Photograph: Getty Images
Switzerland and Denmark go negative
By Alex Hern - 11 October 9:38

Negative nominal interest rates arrive.

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eBay. Photograph: Getty Images
If all international trade was done through eBay, the world would be 30 per cent richer
By Alex Hern - 05 October 17:45

Frictionless trade is closer than ever before online, according to a new paper.

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The ARA Libertad in better days. Photograph: Getty Images
US hedge fund seizes Argentine naval ship
By Alex Hern - 04 October 11:14

The ARA Libertad is now the property of Elliott Capital Management.

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