Tag: Mark Carney
Banking On Failure: Fixing Banking (Part 2)
The previous excerpt for Chapter 12 discussed “nibbling the edges” as the current, weak reform of banking Editor’s Note: This is the next in a...
Is This a Step Too Far for Nailing Bankers?
by Andrew Leigh, Featured Contributor IN AUGUST 2014 London Mayor Boris Johnson called for ‘guilty until proven innocent’ to become the law for suspected terrorists....
Banknote Lifespan Is Determined by Denomination
When you pay for something, have you ever wondered about the age of the banknotes you pull out of your wallet? If you're paying...
Consumption Booms and Housing Busts
Rising house prices are wonderful. People feel richer and more secure. Mortgage lenders, real estate agents and surveyors are busy. Home improvement services and...
Australian Regulators Watch as Debt Drives Up Prices
Central banks from Scandinavia to the U.K. to New Zealand are sounding the alarm about soaring mortgage debt and trying to curb risky lending....
If Investors Bail on Housing, What Then?
Investor demand, large and small, put a floor on home prices after the housing crash and ignited a recovery. While institutional investors made up...
Mastering The Building Blocks of Strategy
Left unchecked, market forces continually conspire to deplete profits. Powerful business strategies can counteract those tendencies, but good strategy is difficult to formulate.1 Indeed,...
Is London Housing a Boom or a Bust?
Earlier this week, FT Alphaville published an article questioning the notion that London housing is in the midst of another boom/bubble, instead arguing that...
Canada’s Arguably Top Economist Says there’s No Housing Bubble
Throw a stick out into the crowd of Canadian economists, and you’ll likely hit at least a few that have been saying that Canada...
UK Housing Market: The Unpredictable Housing Cycle
Mark Carney’s first speech as Governor of the Bank of England led to widespread media speculation about how, when and in what circumstances the...
