And now the BBC can’t count
0 Comment by Captain Consumer / April 14, 2010 / Posted in Financial, General, LeisureOK, so there’s an election just around the corner, a continuing aura of uncertainty engulfing the UK economy and countless other important things that I could and should be thinking about and doing. Which is why I’ve been browsing entertainment news online. I’m sure you’ll agree that entertainment news can usually be relied upon to deliver trivial, banal [...]
Interest rates: when they were up, they were, urm…
0 Comment by Captain Consumer / February 19, 2010 / Posted in FinancialScanning today’s news reports online, I was perplexed to find the following contradictory headlines: » Fed rate rise sparks fresh slide in sterling (Times Online) » Pound slides further on surprise Fed rate cut (Telegraph.co.uk / Reuters) The facts? Yesterday, the US Federal Reserve increased one of its key interest rates from 0.5% to 0.75%. That’s… [...]
