Looking back at Mark Carney's Bank of England career as he takes over from Justin Trudeau Mark Carney will take over at a tumultuous time in Canada, which is in the midst of a trade war with the US Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2025
Soaring UK crime costing up to £250bn a year, says thinktank Policy Exchange report blames austerity for breakdown in policing and criminal justice The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2025
Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn Exclusive: Analysis by the Guardian shows a third of major arts leaders were educated privately The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2025
If Rachel Reeves wants growth, improved community cohesion could be essential A new paper has found that social capital ‘is the cake, not the icing’ of a strong, well functioning economy The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2025
UK can strike Trump trade deal and rebuild EU relations, says top economist Keir Starmer can show UK is ‘open for business’, says former Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2024
UK grocery inflation picks up to 2.3%; unemployment rises while regular wage growth slows – as it happened Consumers started their Christmas shopping early, Kantar says; UK jobless rate rises to 4.3% while wage growth excluding bonuses is at a two-year low The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2024
Labour investment in cultural venues should look to the local Letter: Fiona Robertson points to three important considerations in response to Andy Haldane calling for more investment in art and culture projects The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2024
Labour should ‘invest big’ in arts and culture projects, says top economist Andy Haldane says funding ‘social infrastructure’ and cultural institutions is crucial for communities The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2024
Homeowners in UK at 'greater risk' of higher mortgages from Donald Trump win than Rachel Reeves Labour Budget The warning comes from former Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2024
Former Bank economist advises Labour to reconsider non-dom tax crackdown Andy Haldane says there should be ‘cause to pause’ amid Treasury fears policy will not raise any money The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2024
OPINION - Labour's non-dom problem raises awkward questions about how to fund better public services If nothing else, economists are good at naming things. Malthusianism, Abenomics or, my personal favourite, Baumol's cost disease. But for policymakers, the most important theory is perhaps the Laffer curve, named after the American economist Arthur Laffer, who argued there is a theoretical tax rate at which maximum revenue is… Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2024
Labour’s £22bn black hole gloom ‘unnecessary and unhelpful’, former BoE chief economist warns Chancellor’s warnings hampered post-election ‘sense of refresh’, says Andy Haldane The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2024
A respectful question for Labour: do you have any real change? The new government has promised things will be different: but when it comes to spending, we seem stuck on old Tory policies The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2024
'Lettuce leaf' between Tory and Labour fiscal plans, former BoE chief economist warns LABOUR have been urged to heed a former chief economist of the Bank of England who warned that there was only a “lettuce leaf” between their… The National (Scotland) · Jun 23, 2024
International Business Times UK · Jun 3, 2024 Bank of England Under Fire From Leader of the Campaign for Fair Finance Is the Bank of England up to the job of managing the UK's monetary policy? The leader of The Campaign for Fair Finance Dr Roger Gewolb offered me his views of the UK's central bank.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2024 Bank governor says ‘things moving in the right direction’ amid criticism for leaving rates on hold – as it happened UK central bank faces criticism for keeping Bank Rate at 5.25% after a shock rate cut in Switzerland and a hike in Turkey today
The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2024 Bank of England ‘risks worsening UK recession if no interest rate cuts soon’ Former chief economist Andy Haldane says keeping rates high could ‘crush the economy’
The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2024 EU opens formal investigation into TikTok; Bank of England ‘could worsen recession’ without interest rate cuts soon – as it happened The European Union to investigate if TikTok breached online content rules aimed at protecting children, as Andy Haldane urges central bank to consider interest-rate cuts
The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2024 Failure to fix council funding crisis threatens Tory election pledge, adviser warns Andy Haldane, government’s top levelling-up adviser, calls for urgent rethink to prevent deeper cuts across England
The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2023 Royal Society of Arts staff vote to strike for first time in its history Workers reject average 2.5% pay offer as report says leaders’ total packages rose from £359k to £976k
The Independent UK · May 18, 2023 Stop raising interest rates, Jeremy Hunt’s adviser tells Bank of England ‘We can afford to take more time to get inflation back down,’ says Andy Haldane
The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2023 The UK has a PR plan masquerading as an industrial strategy Britain says it has no need for Biden-style green subsidies as it has a thriving renewables sector. The complacency is staggering
The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2023 Lack of plan for green industry risks UK ‘falling behind’, top government adviser warns Influential economist Andy Haldane says dearth of coherent strategy means Britain isn’t in the new ‘arms race’ to reindustrialise
The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023 UK inflation will fall rapidly, says ex-Bank of England economist ‘Pretty much nailed on’ that the rate will halve in next six months, according to Andy Haldane
The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2023 UK households will face more pain, says Bank’s former chief economist Andy Haldane says starting mortgage rate rises sooner would have nipped inflation in the bud