Chancellors

Munich: German Chancellor Oalf Scholz quoted External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's viral "European mindset" remark during the Munich Security Conference. Jaishankar, during the 17th edition of the GLOBSEC Bratislava Forum in Slovakia…

Last Updated: February 13, 2023, 23:51 ISTGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz (Image: Reuters)German Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to the German Chancellor, Dr Jens Plotner told a press conference that the visit will be a step towards…

Jeremy Hunt became chancellor because he was the most sensible candidate left standing in the wake of Liz Truss's catastrophic mini-budget.Four months on, he's earned praise for balancing the books but still had a blank space…

Issued on: 04/11/2022 - 01:26 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives in China on a one-day trip on Friday, becoming the first G7 leader to visit since the start of COVID-19…

TAIPEI: The timing of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's imminent trip to China and what signals he will give to Beijing have raised questions at home, a German member of the European Parliament said Thursday. Reinhard Butikoferof the Green…

The Bank of England's deputy governor has said it is "engaging" with the Treasury over the fiscal event expected on 31 October.Sir Dave Ramsden was speaking to MPs in the Treasury Committee on Monday afternoon when he was…

Financial markets have reacted positively to the new chancellor's cull of more costly measures in his predecessor's disastrous mini-budget.Jeremy Hunt revealed in a televised statement that he would no longer be proceeding…

So farewell, then, Trussonomics.The demise of the country's second shortest-lived chancellor also brings with it the demise of the country's shortest-lived economic movement. Liz Truss came into office promising to boost the…

The Bank of England has confirmed it intervened to stabilise the pensions market following the chancellor's mini-budget as multiple firms which schemes were reliant on faced the prospect of being wound up within…

The markets were quick to respond to Kwasi Kwarteng's 'shock and awe' mini-budget.The most spectacular reaction by far was in the bond market where yields on gilts (UK government IOUs) immediately spiked higher on the prospect…