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UK on the go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... Mark Carney humming this tune from "The Sound of Music" to himself (perhaps at the same time that his predecessor, Sir Mervyn King, is singing the blues). Whether it was sheer luck or deft handling of policies implemented by Sir King before him, the ...

BOE has a problem to smile about

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... is that BOE Governor Mark Carney's problem is the kind of problem everybody likes to have. Before Mark replaced Sir Mervyn as king of the BOE last 1 July 2013 - financial markets clamoured for more policy stimulation because (as speculated back then) ...

Move the goalpost Mark

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
"Drat, drat and triple drat!" -Dick Dastardly (Wacky Races) Sir Mervyn King must be ruing the day that he finished his term as governor of the Bank of England (BOE) only less than five months ago (June). Now it's a non-Briton who'll be given the credit ...
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