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

Deutsche In The Dock

DEUTSCHE BANK FACES CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION FOR POTENTIAL MONEY-LAUNDERING LAPSES - NYT - RTRS

Ruh-RO! $DB

— Martin Baccardax (@mdbaccardax) June 19, 2019

Peace In Our Time - China USA Trade War Armistice?

RE: my hypothesis that Mike Pence is only publicly used when the U.S is taking an ultra-hawkish approach on a foreign policy issue, rumours that his Tiananmen Speech was cancelled on the hopes of a G20 breakthrough between Xi and Trump seem to confirm this.

— Tom Fowdy (@Tom_Fowdy) June 19, 2019

Facebook's Libra Will End In Tears

Beware any cryptocurrency offerings from a social media player.

The headlines will one day read:

"Facebook hacked, Libra stolen".

Schrödinger's GDP

Clear as mud:

ECB sees 2019 Eurozone GDP at 1.2%

Bundesbank sees 2019 German GDP at 0.6%

They both CANNOT be right.

— Martin Baccardax (@mdbaccardax) June 7, 2019

Take a Little Dip

Oh God no. "Allow young people to dip into pension pots to fund first home deposit, says Housing Secretary" https://t.co/6PY0qFGHRu via @Telegraph

— Duncan Robinson (@duncanrobinson) June 3, 2019

This will end in tears!

The Ghost of Corbyn Spooks Markets

Mad but encouraging press release from DeVere - £12bn fund manager... Corbyn's new pro-PV positon "spooks financial markets" because it makes Labour more likely to win... pic.twitter.com/DhgTe137eQ

— Paul Mason (@paulmasonnews) May 28, 2019

USA Declares War On Huawei

Chosun Ilbo reports that the U.S. State Department asked South Korea to "take part in the war against @Huawei," esp. asking LG U+ in particular to ultimately ban all Huawei products, citing unidentified diplomatic sources in Seoul. https://t.co/W4bVJrSkbg

— Jihye Lee 이지혜 (@TheJihyeLee) May 23, 2019

Deutsche Dumps Trump Right In It!

DEUTSCHE BANK SAYS IT WILL ABIDE BY COURT ORDER COMPELLING IT TO PROVIDE U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S FINANCIAL RECORDS TO LAWMAKERS - RTRS

— Martin Baccardax (@mdbaccardax) May 22, 2019

British Steel Goes Bust

British Steel to enter insolvency, putting 5,000 UK jobs directly at risk and a further 20,000 in the supply chain https://t.co/qKh2DqzUEW

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) May 22, 2019

Britain The New Bangladesh?

According to some "private equity executive" quoted in the FT, Britain (or at the very least London) will become the "new Bangladesh" under a post Brexit Corbyn government.

Not sure if he thinks that's a good or a bad thing?

Google Limits Use of OS On Huawei Phones

Google has limited the use of its Android operating system on Huawei phones in the latest blow to the Chinese firm.


The ban means that new Huawei phones will no longer be able to access certain apps, such as Google Maps and YouTube, and existing phones will not be able to update their Android operating systems.

China Takes Note!

MOFCOM: CHINA HAS NOTICED THE USTR PROPOSAL ON NEW TARIFFS

— Russian Market (@russian_market) May 16, 2019