Brexit Chaos
It’s getting harder to figure out what exactly is happening on the Brexit front, but even through the fog of negotiations, things don’t seem to be getting any better.
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Brexit Derivatives Risk: Did the City Overplay Its £38 Trillion Hand?
Novating UK derivatives contracts entered into by EU clearinghouse members is a ginormous mess, particularly in a Brexit crashout. But how serious a mess?
Read more...Brexit Crunch: Is the EU Trying to Save the UK from Itself? Is That Even Possible?
Brexit reaches the”overly dynamic” phase.
Read more...Brexit Notes: Tory Conference and DUP Demands Yield More Insanity
Brexit has officially gone around the bend.
Read more...Hard-Brexit Lobbyists Demand UK Roll-Back Environmental Standards to Strike Free Trade Deals with India, China and US
Another ugly but far-from-secret element of what was in store with a Glorious Brexit.
Read more...Crash Out Brexit Virtually Guaranteed as EU Leaders Talk Tough to Theresa May, Reject Chequers Plan, and Give Her October Deadline
Brexit negotiations are over. The only question is whether the EU and UK continue to expend energy talking past each other.
Read more...On Brexit, UK Negotiators Have Adopted a Hard Bargaining Strategy
A look at the UK’s negotiating stance, charitably assuming that it is by design.
Read more...Brexit: Circling the Drain?
Has anything changed on the Brexit front?
Read more...Brexit: EU Takes Hard-Nosed Stance on Financial Services “Equivalence” Deals
Is the EU playing iron fist in velvet glove on the UK’s Brexit pitch for a financial services equivalence deal?
Read more...Brexit as a Tightly Coupled Process
Stepping back to look at the Brexit trajectory.
Read more...Brexit Is a Consequence of Low Upward Mobility
In the Brexit referendum, UK citizens were pleading through their vote – and non-vote – for a fair shot at the future.
Read more...France Could Lose Billions In Brexit Trade Route Redirection
How French ports and hence France look set to lose in Brexit.
Read more...3 Blokes In The Pub…Talk No Deal Brexit
Nitty gritty details of what happens with a crash-out Brexit, made accessible and even entertaining.
Read more...Financial Times Goes Wobbly on Brexit; Runs Front Page Stories Claiming Theresa May Charm Offensive Is Winning “Fudges” When No Such Thing Is Happening
The Financial Times has used two lead stories this week to deliver factuall-challenged propagandizing for the Government’s Brexit maneuvers.
Read more...Austerity Caused Brexit
Yves here. Lambert sent me a copy of the underlying paper on Brexit voting patterns a week ago, suggesting I write it up. I sat on it due to focusing on seemingly more pressing stories, plus being behind on administrativa due to travel. I’ve embedded the article at the end of this post. This finding […]
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