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John Redwood MP for Wokingham

These are the most recent articles mentioning "economy" Regulators and central banks think again Posted 03/31/08, 10:22 ... s nothing wrong with the idea of banks bundling up loans and selling them to others in the market. That is healthy and helps the growth of the world economy. The danger arises if the banks themselves continue owning large quantities of corporate bonds or securitised papers in conditions where they... The Credit Crunch - reappraisal? Posted 03/24/08, 10:58 There has been a lot of comment on the state of the economy, the Credit crunch and the banking problems over the week-end. It is time to re-examine the views of this blog, and the responses from many of you. I have argued: 1. The US and the UK will avoid recession but will experie... What should Gordon do now? Posted 05/03/08, 07:06 ... old fashioned approach has not worked, because our own numbers visibly do not add up, and because we are the government responsible for handling the economy. You may remember we got away with supporting the Exchange Rate Mechanism which did so much damage to the Conservatives, because the public ri... John Redwood’s Early Day Motion on Climate Change and World Hunger Posted 05/07/08, 14:14 ... LATERAL ACTION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE AND WORLD HUNGER 06.05.2008 Redwood, John That this House notes that China is the fastest growing major economy in the world and India the second fastest; further notes that China will soon overtake the United States as the world’s single biggest s... The Economy - From NICE to SO MAD Posted 05/17/08, 17:54 ... ars were NICE, according to the Bank, surely that makes the acronym for today SO MAD - Slowing Output Massively Accelerating Deficit. growing major economy in the world and India the second fastest; further notes that China will soon overtake the United States as the world’s single biggest s... Let’s cut through the tax and spend debate Posted 07/15/08, 07:33 ... as they are works of fiction. If Conservatives say they will match the totals then we are told there is no scope for the tax cuts the public and the economy so clearly needs. If the front bench were to say it wanted to spend less than Labour, the government then chooses the most idiotic and inappr... Can politicians buy votes by spending more of your money? Posted 07/27/08, 08:22 ... ment (e.g. 1976) or by the occasional political period of calculated œausterity� ( e.g. 1981-3, 1997-2001) when spending has grown less fast than the economy. It is strange politicians believe this, as there is plenty of evidence that big areas of public spending achieve the oppos... Another day in the sterling crisis Posted 09/03/08, 06:38 Yesterday saw a government fight back on the economy savaged by events. The pound dropped to a new all time low against the Euro - a Euro is now worth more than 81p, 14% more than at launch. The pound dropped again against the dollar. It has fallen from $2 to $1.77 in les than a month, making a... The Bank must uphold the value of the pound Posted 09/04/08, 06:19 ... ning our purchasing power if we wish to buy goods and services from abroad has been slashed. As overseas trade represents a susbtantial slice of our economy, this is a serious assault on our living standards. Indeed, many of the luxuries and extras are imported, leading people to feel much worse of... 80,000 more reasons to do something about the economy Posted 09/17/08, 15:06 ... d? our purchasing power if we wish to buy goods and services from abroad has been slashed. As overseas trade represents a susbtantial slice of our economy, this is a serious assault on our living standards. Indeed, many of the luxuries and extras are imported, leading people to feel much worse of... John Redwood responds to Department of Transport consultation on the safeguarding of the Maidenhead to Reading Crossrail route Posted 10/13/08, 10:51 ... fact that this growing number of people must carry out their business on a transport system that is increasingly unable to meet the needs of a modern economy. John Redwood has told the Department of Transport that the expansion of Crossrail to Reading would help in easing these pressures on commute... John Redwood responds to Department of Transport consultation on the safeguarding of the Maidenhead to Reading Crossrail route Posted 10/13/08, 10:51 ... fact that this growing number of people must carry out their business on a transport system that is increasingly unable to meet the needs of a modern economy. John Redwood has told the Department of Transport that the expansion of Crossrail to Reading would help in easing these pressures on commute... Wokingham News Posted 10/20/08, 15:48 ... idiotic arguments about whether we need more or less regulation, as if this were the issue. I know of no serious commentator on money, credit and the economy who thinks the authorities should wash their hands of responsibility for controlling total money and credit in the system. The issue is not wh... 5 reasons to borrow more? Posted 10/27/08, 08:03 ... elated benefits. 4. The government may increase spending on projects to create jobs. 5. The government is increasing spending anyway, assuming the economy would grow. Only items 2 and 3 are unavoidable. Item One is so far the most expensive, boosting borrowing by more than £40 billion ( cost... Channel 4 and the economy Posted 10/28/08, 11:26 ... problems with the run away deficit. Late in the afternoon they sounded me out on my views. They probed my thoughts on George Osborne more than on the economy. I told them I would want to move the interview on to the real issues quickly, as there was nothing more to say about George, who had made a g... That’s no independent Bank Posted 10/30/08, 07:57 ... were effectively told to cut rates recently as part of a concerted international move, one day before they had undertaken their normal review of the economy to make a decision. Yesterday the Chancellor effectively instructed them to cut rates again, whilst intoning that they were still independent!... Cutting carbon Posted 11/01/08, 08:33 ... ut our carbon output. The trouble is, it is going to cut a lot more as well, leading to a big increase in unemployment and a further weakening of our economy. lcome this move. It was clear that in the good days the Bank did not see enough of the business to realise that the commercial banks were to... Should the MPC cut interest rates now? Posted 11/05/08, 09:57 ... This week, instead of having their normal MPC meeting wasting time reaching the obvious conclusion that rates have been too high for too long and the economy is nosediving into recession and deflation, they should instead ask themselves what will the impact of the rate cuts we need be on the massive... How much longer will the BBC run their Osborne story as cover for Labour’s economic mess? Posted 11/17/08, 06:57 Yesterday I joined a 9 minute discussion of the economy on Sky, and was allowed to talk about the big issues of tax, spend and banking, without questions on George Osborne. This morning I turn on the Today programme and a whole item is devoted to the BBC’s political correspondent examining th... How much longer will the BBC run their Osborne story as cover for Labour’s economic mess? Posted 11/17/08, 06:57 Yesterday I joined a 9 minute discussion of the economy on Sky, and was allowed to talk about the big issues of tax, spend and banking, without questions on George Osborne. This morning I turn on the Today programme and a whole item is devoted to the BBC’s political correspondent examining th... Tax cuts and borrowing - does it make sense? Posted 11/20/08, 07:10 Can a funded tax cut help create jobs and activity? Does a tax cut have to be unfunded to work its magic of reflating an economy? This is the new idiocy in Labour™s view of the economic debate. To them an unfunded tax cut “ a tax cut which means the state has to borrow more on behalf of taxpayers... Tax cuts and borrowing - does it make sense? Posted 11/20/08, 07:10 Can a funded tax cut help create jobs and activity? Does a tax cut have to be unfunded to work its magic of reflating an economy? This is the new idiocy in Labour™s view of the economic debate. To them an unfunded tax cut “ a tax cut which means the state has to borrow more on behalf of taxpayers... You read it here first Posted 11/22/08, 07:13 ... nths I have also been saying our public deficit is too high and rising too fast, and needs to be controlled if we cut interest rates to stimulate the economy. Now the Treasury agrees with the first part of that forecast. I have been using £120 billion as the borrowing figure for 2008-9. The Treasu... Newspapers understate the borrowing by reporting government spin Posted 11/30/08, 11:05 I have been reading the Sunday papers about the economy and wonder why I bother to. Several of them rightly condemn the government for borrowing too much, but they all use Ministers’ own figures in the press releases and budget statement rather than reading the much larger and doubtless mo... The Deputy Governor apologises for one of their many errors Posted 12/22/08, 12:08 ... vate sector business the management would have been changed a long time ago. When are they planning to hit any of their targets and forecasts for the economy? ers can’t be bothered to read the detailed 200 plus pages of the PBR they could at least read this website to avoid these howlers. The... Can sales save the retailers? Posted 12/27/08, 08:06 ... ice for a good. They are choosing the internet in increasing numbers. The third complication specific to 2008/9 is the savage downturn in the economy, undermining confidence and forcing people to keep what cash they have. The retailers and shopping centres have strategies to handle... The crashing silence of Mr Obama Posted 12/29/08, 07:16 On the economy we have heard from the President elect. Apparently the only thing wrong with the high spend high borrow strategy of George Bush is that he didn’t overspend and over borrow enough. We should expect more of the same when President Obama sits in the Oval Office. O... << back