The Merchants of Menace and the potential debt disaster

What happens when interest rates are kept too low for too long? It might sound like an academic question. But when the correct answer is…

Death by a thousand parties, or birthday cake off a duck’s back?

What does the UK’s cheapest ever mortgage tell us about the housing market? Is Nigel Farage surprised about the tech stock selloff? Is no stock…

Summer in the City of London, despite Brexit

Just before Christmas in 2020, my German uncle sent me the usual Christmas message. But he added something intriguing. He wrote in German that, “The…