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Keith Pilbeam

Professor of International Economics and Finance City, University of London
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Keith Pilbeam is a Professor of International Economics and Finance at City University of London, UK. He obtained his PhD from the European University Institute in Florence (EUI.eu) where ...more
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The Chinese Debt Pile And Downgrade
Wednesday, May 24, 2017 11:08 PM EDT
I have been for some time extremely worried about the build up of debt in the Chinese financial system and it seems that Moodys is finally moving on the issue. It has downgraded China from AA3 to A1.
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Brexit Means Brexit Bill
Wednesday, May 3, 2017 8:31 PM EDT
The costs of a Hard Brexit in terms of rising inflation, loss of trade and falling real wages, rising unemployment will make the potential £100 billion Brexit exit bill look like small change.
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Article 50 Now A Harsh Reality Will Face The Brexiteers
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:05 AM EDT
Theresa May and her team of Brexiteers Bojo, Liam Fox and David Davies simply do not have the vision, understanding or ability to deal with the task of dealing with the complexity of the Brexit problem that lies ahead.
In this article: EWU
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A WTO Success The Trade Facilitation Agreement
Tuesday, March 28, 2017 12:33 AM EDT
In the time of Trump and Brexit one might easily conclude that globalization may have peaked and a return to a world of lower trade interdependence and protectionism is upon us.
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The Crazy Valuation Game Mobileye
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 11:38 AM EDT
Mobileye - to me this company is an interesting sector namely driverless car technology but it seems to me to have been massively overvalued and I am not too convinced of the value of their product.
In this article: MBLY
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Theresa May's Awful Brexit Plan
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 7:42 AM EDT
There are three key ways that I see Brexit hitting the UK economy – the first is via the reduced Trade channel the second if is the reduced foreign direct investment and domestic investment channel and the third is the reduced immigration channel.
In this article: EWU
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Rising Inequality A Cause For Concern
Thursday, January 12, 2017 4:00 AM EDT
I have for a long time been concerned about the fact that the top 1% seem to be getting far too much of the income and more importantly they have too much of the global wealth which means the system is becoming self-perpetuating over generations.
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Pay Up Time For Deutsche Bank And Credit Suisse
Friday, December 23, 2016 2:10 PM EDT
Two hefty fines were meted out, $7.2 billion to Deutsche Bank and $5.28 billion to Credit Suisse. These fines aren't inappropriate, they are necessary to make banks understand that dodgy practices are not acceptable in the modern world of business.
In this article: CS, DB
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Brexit Risk To UK Financial Services
Friday, December 9, 2016 12:48 PM EDT
There is a huge risk to the UK financial services sector as a result of the Brexit vote. This is particularly the case for banking, insurance, and asset management.
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The United States - Net International Investment Position
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 11:26 AM EDT
The rebound in the US economy is to a large extent built upon an ever increasing external debt. This is something that should worry us.
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Brexit Exit Costs
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 9:11 AM EDT
There was hardly any discussion of the exit costs of leaving the European Union during the UK referendum debate.
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The Use Of Debt To Finance Share Buybacks In The U.S.
Tuesday, November 1, 2016 6:32 AM EDT
One of the big side effects of the low interest rate quantitative easing policies of central banks is that by lowering long-term interest rates for governments they also lower long-term interest rates for their corporates.
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Sterling Flash Crash, No Surprise
Friday, October 7, 2016 9:10 AM EDT
Sterling suddenly collapsed overnight ($1.2600/£1 to $1.1840/£1) and then recovered, and has since resumed it's downward trend.
In this article: GBBEF
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Well Said Elizabeth Warren - The Wells Fargo Scandal
Thursday, September 22, 2016 5:18 AM EDT
We have had some many bank scandals in recent years that I really am losing count of them and the fines are running into tens of billions.
In this article: WFC
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Monetary Policy And Why It Is Now Becoming The Problem Rather Than The Cure!
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 2:11 PM EDT
Now we have negative yields on Treasury bonds or very close to zero then central bank purchases of Treasury bonds are probably very ineffective because all they do is replace one zero yielding asset Treasury bonds with another.
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The Bank Of England Has Seriously Lost The Plot
Thursday, August 4, 2016 12:52 PM EDT
Oh dear the Bank of England seems to have seriously lost the plot. So today it announced a rate cut from 0.5% to 0.25% and yes it is back to money printing increasing its Quantitative Easing programme by a further £70 billion.
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