‘Do you have any idea how crippling these debts are to countries like the UK? We have to wipe out these debts NOW or civil servants are going to suffer.’
Posted: Oct 18th, 2010
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With strong support from the CBI, the OECD, IMF, World Bank and heads of the G20 nations, Mervyn King will shortly be appearing next to Gordon Brown everywhere he goes and pointing out on the spot when the Prime Minister says something that might be just ‘a teensy bit wrong’. Armed with his own assessments from the Bank of England and detailed analyses and forecasts from the other agencies, Mr King will be able to swiftly put the record straight when the PM says something daft like ‘we can just print all the money we want’.
Posted: Jul 2nd, 2009
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‘I came here to discuss global economics. Look – I have notebook, calculator, everything.’
Posted: Apr 10th, 2009
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Details are beginning to emerge of the moment when the assembled G20 leaders chose the final figure of the cash that will be injected into the global economies. ‘It was just a comedy ad-lib from Barack Obama,’ said the French President Nicolas Sarkozy. ‘We were wondering how the hell we were going to come up with the exact figure and the room went quiet as people were thinking. Then Barack just came out with ‘One trillion dollars!’ in the Dr Evil voice from Austin Powers. He even put his little finger to the side of his mouth. We all just burst into hysterics but then thought, ‘Hell, why not?’.’
Posted: Apr 4th, 2009
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‘It’s all probably far enough away to be ignored for the time being.’
Posted: Aug 1st, 2006
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