Alex Brummer
Articles by Alex Brummer
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Business
High street shake-out
- 04 December 2008
- 2 comments
Woolworths has gone, many other famous stores will disappear, but a new age of shopping will emerge from the wreckage
Economy
The Fund is back in town
- 23 October 2008
- 4 comments
The tough remedies of the IMF won it few friends and, in recent years, countries have found more obliging lenders. But now "the bank of last resort" is back - with its austerity packages.
UK Politics
Cameron's Achilles' heel
- 25 September 2008
- 14 comments
Can the Conservatives handle the economy? The current opposition front bench is the least financially savvy for a generation
Economy
Labour must take on the bankers
- 18 September 2008
- 7 comments
In the worst catastrophe since the late 1920s, Brown and Darling have shown themselves to be cowardly compared to the Americans
Economy
Wanted: substance and coherence
- 04 September 2008
The trick for Brown and Darling would be to deliver an old-fashioned autumn statement to lift consumer spirits and boost political confidence
Economy
Many happy returns, credit crunch
- 07 August 2008
- 2 comments
Only about half of the £250bn of toxic debt at the heart of the crunch has been fully recognised. That means many more months of misery
Economy
It's not all doom and gloom
- 24 July 2008
How refreshing to see the boss of a major corporation demonstrate that he is willing to swim against the tide
Economy
We're not yet running on empty
- 10 July 2008
- 6 comments
The upward movement in the price of oil has far more to do with speculation than with a shortage of supply
Economy
Is this the return of stagflation?
- 26 June 2008
As growth slows and prices surge, the economic outlook has echoes of the disastrous 1970s . . . but, for the moment, things aren't quite that bad
Economy
When rights go very wrong
- 12 June 2008
- 3 comments
The big banks' risky fundraising technique - offering bargain shares to private investors in "rights issues" - is a disaster for a City already in crisis
