The Bank of England’s emergency action explained

<p><a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/pound-sterling-live-updates-dollar-kwasi-kwarteng-liz-truss-bank-england-interest-rates-mortgages-b1028633.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Bank of England’s emergency action to stabilise markets</a>. How the bank is effectively ‘creating money from nothing’. <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/keir-starmer-labour-conference-speech-energy-comany-publicly-owned-b1028484.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Could Keir Starmer’s energy plan save us</a>? Our <a href="https://twitter.com/KingEconomist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">economic expert Stephen King</a> explains the Bank of England’s decision in layman’s terms, plus energy expert <a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/energy/people/dr-aidan-osullivan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr Aidan O’Sullivan</a> from UCL discusses the feasibility of Keir Starmer’s Great British Energy Company. In this episode:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The Bank of England’s emergency action explained</li><li>How the bank is effectively printing money&nbsp;</li><li>How the economic crisis impacts the public</li><li>Is Keir Starmer’s energy proposal a good idea?</li><li>How feasible is the concept?</li><li>Is his target for 100% clean energy by 2030 achievable?</li></ul><p><br></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/standardnews" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow us on Twitter</a> #TheLeaderPodcast</p><br><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>