Comments for econgineers http://econgineers.com economists + engineers Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:38:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Availability of Money by agraves http://econgineers.com/archives/2009/01/12/availability-of-money/comment-page-1/#comment-17 agraves Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:38:50 +0000 http://econgineers.com/?p=331#comment-17 "The Bank of England has been given a new role - it will be able to buy up to £50bn of assets directly from firms." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7836782.stm “The Bank of England has been given a new role – it will be able to buy up to £50bn of assets directly from firms.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7836782.stm

]]> Comment on Availability of Money by Krista http://econgineers.com/archives/2009/01/12/availability-of-money/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Krista Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:20:48 +0000 http://econgineers.com/?p=331#comment-13 Just read through that article and, although I'm not sure I agree with the proposal, I am happy to see that the government is at least going to force the banks to use the cash for what it wants unlike the last injection where banks just took the money and ran so to speak. Just read through that article and, although I’m not sure I agree with the proposal, I am happy to see that the government is at least going to force the banks to use the cash for what it wants unlike the last injection where banks just took the money and ran so to speak.

]]> Comment on Availability of Money by agraves http://econgineers.com/archives/2009/01/12/availability-of-money/comment-page-1/#comment-12 agraves Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:13:55 +0000 http://econgineers.com/?p=331#comment-12 BTW. Today 20 Bln package announcement Government seems to have gone down the "guarantees" route through the banks though, not sure they read econgineers! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7827273.stm BTW.
Today 20 Bln package announcement
Government seems to have gone down the “guarantees” route through the banks though, not sure they read econgineers!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7827273.stm

]]> Comment on Availability of Money by agraves http://econgineers.com/archives/2009/01/12/availability-of-money/comment-page-1/#comment-11 agraves Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:07:35 +0000 http://econgineers.com/?p=331#comment-11 It is simply protectionism, although they resist on using that word. It is simply protectionism, although they resist on using that word.

]]> Comment on Availability of Money by Krista http://econgineers.com/archives/2009/01/12/availability-of-money/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Krista Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:59:24 +0000 http://econgineers.com/?p=331#comment-10 Couldn't agree more with this, I find it amazing that people in this country complain so much about banks and yet when we finally have the chance to force them to shape up and listen to their customers we don't take it. It's easy to believe in laissez-faire economics when times are good but as soon as things go wrong why are we so afraid to trust the markets? Couldn’t agree more with this, I find it amazing that people in this country complain so much about banks and yet when we finally have the chance to force them to shape up and listen to their customers we don’t take it.

It’s easy to believe in laissez-faire economics when times are good but as soon as things go wrong why are we so afraid to trust the markets?

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