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John Redwood MP for Wokingham

These are the most recent articles mentioning "institutions" Are all mortgages now wicked? Posted 04/02/08, 08:53 ... ion has to dump some of it at distressed prices to raise cash, for that way leads to a race to the bottom with continuing dangers for some financial institutions. It is important amidst all the puritan commentary telling us it serves people right, that they have borrowed too much and ... The Frenchman did a wooing go, whether his mother would let him or no. Posted 03/27/08, 09:05 ... inue our special relationship with the USA and would not wish to sever links with our Commonwealth. His general vision was of us both reforming world institutions together in the name of democracy. He wooed well. Then I felt we shifted to 1802, and we heard echoes of a different l... Don’t blame the FSA Posted 03/26/08, 09:30 ... ee main ways “ from the money markets, from retail depositors and from securitisation. So do most banks, to differing degrees. As we have seen, other institutions can get into difficulties if money markets seize up, as with Bear Stearns. What was wrong was that the Bank of England kept the markets ... The Credit Crunch - reappraisal? Posted 03/24/08, 10:58 ... tial new capital. I agree with him that Northern Rock and Bear Stearns both were liquidity crises “ depositors and creditors lost confidence in the institutions and demanded more cash than the institutions could immediately lay their hands on without official help. The one thing we have to rememb... Too much new bank regulation makes getting over the credit crunch more difficult. Posted 04/15/08, 08:00 ... ed banks to put risks off balance sheet and to securitise. It was their enthusiasm for doing this that led to the well publicised problems at certain institutions. Left to their own devices to assess capital adequacy, they might not have gone so far in those directions “ the regulatory sums allowed ... There’s another fine mess- Congress rejects the package Posted 09/29/08, 18:08 ... er great pressure in their budgets rose up against the idea of big bail outs which might leach into Wall Street bonuses or other rewards for the very institutions that helped get us into this mess. What we need is an alternative strategy which restores confidence in deposits and normal financial t... Notes to contributors Posted 10/09/08, 11:13 ... cism of governments or political parties. I do not wish, however, to put up comments which make unpleasant or damaging comments about individuals or institutions. I have so far sought to delete these and then post the remainder of the piece. Given the volume I may in future simply have to drop the... The government borrowing bubble Posted 12/30/08, 08:13 ... , as it knows it has a lot of government debt to sell. But at some point investors and regulators will wake up and see it is not healthy for too many institutions and people to be lending to the government for tiny rates of interest, especially if the government’s aim is to inflate their way o... << back