The UK’s financial regulators are finally taking action to address the profound risks that climate change poses to the firms they supervise, …
Financial Crisis, Global Situation
The Future of Money Conference in Frankfurt
On November 24th, Positive Money had the pleasure to attend The Future of Money conference that took place at the Frankfurt School …
New Bank of England research adds to the case against loanable funds
Understanding banks hasn’t always caused such difficulty for economists. In the first half of the twentieth century, theorists like Joseph …
Bank of England Financial Stability Report: Positive Money response
Commenting on expectations of lower capital requirements as a result of the Bank of England's stress testing, Fran Boait, executive director …
A Government is not a household
Claims of ending austerity ring hollow, unless we do away with the 'household' fallacy The single greatest masterstroke of the …
Campaigners hand RBS giant card to mark tenth anniversary of bailout
London, UK, 12 October 2018 - Research and campaign group Positive Money have this morning delivered a ‘birthday’ card to RBS admonishing …
Average UK household lost at least £23,000 in decade since financial crash
10 Years On campaign launches tool allowing public to calculate how much they’ve lost out since 2008 crash Analysis comes …
10 Years On activists take to Threadneedle Street
On Sunday 9th September, 10 Years On from the financial crisis, activists descended on the City of London to declare major bank branches and …
10 Years On: why has so little changed since the financial crash?
As the tenth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers approaches, the Financial Times’ chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, …