Oh Dear Oh Dear!

Sigh pic.twitter.com/alyPLC0a8O

— Merryn Somerset Webb (@MerrynSW) July 17, 2019

Alan Turing Is The Face of The Fifty

Alan Turing will be the new character on the £50! Find out more: https://t.co/y6CPh3SckQ #Turing50 #ThinkScience pic.twitter.com/zGy4ZSr5mv

— Bank of England (@bankofengland) July 15, 2019

Unemployment Rate Lowest Since 1974

As per the ONS UK unemployment rate for May 2019 was estimated at 3.8%; it has not been lower since October to December 1974.

In real terms (after adjusting for inflation), total pay is estimated to have increased by 1.4% compared with a year earlier, and regular pay is estimated to have increased by 1.7%.

The Face of Fifty Quid

Today the Bank of England is announcing the celebrated figure who’s going to feature on the new £50 note.

Trump Blasts Bitcoin, and Nails It!

I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air. Unregulated Crypto Assets can facilitate unlawful behavior, including drug trade and other illegal activity....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 12, 2019

Bank of England Speaks Common Sense - For Once!

Meaty speech from Bank of England MPC member Vlieghe talking at @Reuters 🧨🧨🧨

• Rates could be cut to nearly 0% in no-deal Brexit
• Explicit rate guidance if there's a deal: 1% in year, 1.25% in 2 years, 1.75% in 3
• But rate hikes would require global economy to improve

— Andy Bruce (@BruceReuters) July 12, 2019

Brexit Delay Screwing Up The Property Market

One in five of those who expect to move house in the next two years have delayed moving in the past year due to Brexit uncertainty according to the Bank of England Financial Stability Report.#ukhousinghttps://t.co/j1Vi7bzemG pic.twitter.com/cvGrEJBNCX

— Noble Francis (@NobleFrancis) July 11, 2019

Delay and uncertainty are far more damaging to the economy than a no deal Brexit.

Deutsche's Fucked!

Some Deutsche Bank staff in London told they have until 11am to pack up their stuff, just hours after the overhaul was announced. "I'm trying to get my head straight," says one person who has been told his pass will stop working in a few hours

— Lucy Burton (@Lucymburton) July 8, 2019

Ola Goes For Uber's London Business

Strange world: So #India's ride hailing service #Ola gets green light to operate in London in competition with #Uber. One of the biggest shareholders in both?
Japan's #Softbankhttps://t.co/ntYIp9LT72 via @financialtimes

— Adam Bates (@AdamBates_D6) July 5, 2019

Jim Pickard Nails It!

Osborne won’t stop until he has all the jobs in the world https://t.co/PbwHQPaLb9

— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) July 4, 2019

Lagarde To Head ECB - Chateauneuf du Pape!

I see that the EU have made a very "interesting " appointment to head up the ECB, a woman who was found guilty of criminal charges over a £355M government payout.

On the positive side, she was fined but not jailed!

US/EU Trade War Hots Up

U.S. Proposes More Tariffs on EU Goods in Airbus-Boeing Dispute https://t.co/Nj0c0x28GU

— Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) July 2, 2019

Carney Talking The Bleedin' Obvious!

Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, hints at interest rate cuts in the event of a No Deal Brexit.

He tells the Treasury Select Committee that in such a scenario it would be "more likely that we would provide some stimulus".

— Jack Maidment (@jrmaidment) June 26, 2019

The Looming Pensions' Disaster

The UK population is ageing. People are living longer, women are having fewer children and the number of pensioners is growing https://t.co/W3pEMHYUzU pic.twitter.com/tTQhprVZtI

— ONS (@ONS) June 24, 2019

Jeremy Hunt proposed a solution last week...

Facebook's Libra Not Trusted

Bank of England Governor Says #Facebook's #Libra #Crypto Will Be Scrutinized - https://t.co/PMf7gKmmpF #FacebookFail

— Marc R Gagné MAPP 🍁 (@OttLegalRebels) June 20, 2019