Faisal Islam
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Econ Editor, BBC News. Newsnight presenter. Host award-winning EUref TV interviews & 2017 GE debate. United ST. occasional Eurovision vocalist 😆
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Incredible… the story is actually not a parody. just had confirmed live on BBC Breakfast, from here in Davos, that yes, President Trump sent THAT note to the Norwegian PM saying that because they hadn’t given the Nobel Peace Prize, he could now justify owning Greenland.
Faisal Islam2,253,560 просмотров • 7 месяцев назад
![👀 “The yields have come back up. Have you talked to him [Bessent] about another type of intervention [in bond markets]? …" President Trump: "We have many types of intervention. That's one. The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will, yeah."](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2091087098291868059/amplify_video_thumb/2091086666161102848/img/bgjWy5TAH6g0BlbY.jpg)
👀 “The yields have come back up. Have you talked to him [Bessent] about another type of intervention [in bond markets]? …" President Trump: "We have many types of intervention. That's one. The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will, yeah."
Faisal Islam65,664 просмотров • 20 дней назад
PM on social care …pretty clear in conclusion “I’m not going to be deflected by point scoring or the screaming headlines, that is what has set back social care… come back to the point about the political and media culture of this country ..if we try to shut down a serious debate about an issue like this then shame on all of us… I would never forgive myself if I left without having tried because of the inevitable headlines and scare stories… people are already scared by what they are seeing through their own eyes in their own homes or in care homes”… Burnham says that he will back Louise Casey 100% whose report is now brought forward a year… says he’ll do it for his Dad and millions up and down the country, with a bit of a crack in his voice. He also stressed the need to have cross party consultations as far away from an election as possible. Appears clear that PM is focussing on the suggestions or depiction of social care options as being “death taxes”, especially in the wider media, and he feels he can win that argument, which in turn rather suggests that estate taxes are a clear direction of travel here…
Faisal Islam138,405 просмотров • 1 месяц назад
🔥 Latest from Davos: for BBC News (UK) - US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in a church tells Europe to keep the faith over the US President and “Don’t Panic” over Greenland but acknowledges Trump’s “threats” to allies - US investor tells me that Trump is trying to do a giant “real estate deal” to grow the physical landmass of the US bigger than Canada by acquiring Greenland - a joke, I assume, - top Trump first term adviser and tech titan tells me “Greenland will stay Greenland” and invading it is “on the edge” after private talks with Congressional figures and US business elite here last night. - Extraordinary and surreal
Faisal Islam604,291 просмотров • 7 месяцев назад
WATCH: UK’s most important new factory - opening next year: Tonight as part of my UK GDP report ive been to Somerset Agratas factory which from next year will be manufacturing made in Britain EV batteries that will enable JLR exports to the EU and US… Absolutely fascinating:
Faisal Islam124,347 просмотров • 4 месяцев назад
NEW No rethink on North Sea exploration as a result of Gulf crisis: Miliband: The “one clear lesson” of the crisis in the was to “get off the fossil fuel rollercoaster” “new exploration licences in the North Sea, will not take a penny off people's bills” he tells me.
Faisal Islam146,786 просмотров • 6 месяцев назад
NEW 🚨 German finance minister Lindner tells me: “this a standing invitation for the UK if you want to intensify your trade relationship with EU - Call Us!” Saying post Brexit trade barriers “new obstacles in daily business life” are not benefitting German business or the UK
Faisal Islam644,714 просмотров • 2 лет назад
NEW As a Chinese made car hits number 1 in UK, and so far this year 15% of UK registrations have been made in China brands (about 1.3% only 5 years ago) I visited possibly the most important new factory in the UK - the facility that will provide Electric Vehicle batteries for JLR from next year, run by its sister company Agratas in Somerset. Cells from raw materials, made in the UK. Govt just confirmed £380m of funding, Peter Kyle tells me there it is exactly the sort of development needed for resilience and to avoid reliance in Chinese battery supply chains… At the same time he says that Britain “should not fear” this rise of China, that there are parallels with Japan’s car export surge in the 1990s and he’d “absolutely welcome” investment in UK factories from China… he suggests that right now this is the focus, after his two visits to China. Partly this surge in the UK is a result of the UK not levying extra tariffs unlike the EU and US… Canada rowed back on some of these tariffs (subject to quota) after Carney visited.
Faisal Islam95,298 просмотров • 5 месяцев назад
Live from Davos🚨 Quite the moment for the world, & how the world is run Donald Trump may want to enter Davos like a new sheriff with new rules for the world, his own rules, perhaps no rules. But there are signs here the rest of the world is now on alert, ready to push back.
Faisal Islam135,575 просмотров • 7 месяцев назад
NEW & EXCLUSIVE Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey tells BBC News at Ten at the IMF Meeting that the world is facing a “very big energy shock” but that “it won’t rush to judgement” on rate rises… talk of four this year “seriously” “way ahead of yourself”… MORE soon
Faisal Islam64,481 просмотров • 4 месяцев назад
“Very serious”… “at least we know where the Strait of Hormuz is” Genuine concern here at IMF meetings among finance ministers and bankers about the consequences of the release of the super powerful Mythos AI mode by Anthropic on banking system security… my latest featuring, canadian finance minister François-Philippe Champagne (FPC) 🇨🇦 Barclays CEO CS Venkatakrishnan, and Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey who raised it with me unprompted:
Faisal Islam60,185 просмотров • 4 месяцев назад
NEW “We want that pattern to end” Rachel Reeves says of the historic trend of top UK science and inventions only being commercialised in the US/ Silicon Valley, as the Government invests £2bn in quantum computing ahead of her Mais lecture on long term growth for the UK economy… The Chancellor spoke to me for BBC Breakfast and BBC News (UK) at the National Quantum Computing Centre in Oxford ahead of her Mais Lecture at Bayes Business School this afternoon setting out what she called long term “big choices” in the economy, making the UK the fastest adopter of AI in the G7, alignment with EU in multiple sectors and regional growth corridors Oxford-Cambridge (canary wharf style development powers for Oxford) and northern cities… All this against a backdrop of clouds from global crisis again re growth and living standards…
Faisal Islam68,212 просмотров • 5 месяцев назад
astonishing in context… Fed Chair Jerome Powell in July publicly contradicted President Trump on “inspection” visit re cost over run note saying it referred to entirely different project Powell now gets criminal subpoena from Trump DoJ, says pretext for interfering in rates
Faisal Islam78,768 просмотров • 8 месяцев назад
Never seen such a disconnect between the economists who track where rates go, and the market assumptions… Another City economist predicting the next move is DOWN later this year… market implied expectations of 2-3 RAISES this year (4 yesterday morning) … clearly this is impacting mortgage market. From the Governor’s interview on Thursday it seemed clear to me that “hold” meant “hold” and he specifically said “There is no question in my mind, that the best and most appropriate solution to this problem is not monetary policy, is to reopen the Strait of Hormuz,”
Faisal Islam48,680 просмотров • 5 месяцев назад