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John Clarke archive
John was appointed Chief Investment Officer at GHC Capital Markets Limited in September 2004, taking specific responsibility for GHC’s Collective Investments Team and all in-house macroeconomic research.
Prior to joining GHC Capital Markets Limited, John was Director of John Clarke Economics Limited, Chief Economist at Norwich Union Investment Management and spent five years in the Government Economic Service, at H M Treasury and the Department of Employment, rising to the rank of Economic Adviser.
Equity markets after Lehman Brothers and Merrill LynchJust when investors were beginning to believe the worst of the financial market turmoil might actually be over (hence the run up in the FTSE 100 index to 5636 at the end of August), the credit crunch goes and claims its biggest casualties yet. Date of publication 17/09/2008 11:20 March 2008 Budget ReportAs he stood to deliver his first Budget Statement, we couldn’t help feeling just a teeny bit sorry for Alistair Darling. Date of publication 13/03/2008 10:06 Time to Buy!The slump in share prices in Asia overnight, on top of losses in the UK and Europe, made for an uncomfortable opening in London this morning. Date of publication 23/01/2008 11:29 Is recession in 2008 now inevitable?The deepening crisis in the credit markets and the “implosion” of the US real estate sector have convinced many commentators that a recession is now inevitable in the US in 2008. Date of publication 16/01/2008 15:36 Chaos in credit marketsEvidence that the problems in the US subprime mortgage market were spreading to other parts of the economy have taken their toll on world equity markets over the past month or so. Date of publication 29/08/2007 00:00 Suggestions of a return of pricing power overblown In an article in the Sunday Times on 1 April, David Smith, the paper’s Economics editor argued that there were mounting signs of companies “flexing their muscles to push up prices”. Date of publication 13/04/2007 00:00 March Budget 2007 In his first Budget in 1997, Gordon Brown surprised financial markets by granting operational independence – essentially responsibility for setting interest rates - to the Bank of England. Date of publication 21/03/2007 00:00 Shanghai Surprise The news that shares in Shanghai had fallen more than 9% - their biggest one day decline in more than a decade – sent most major global equity markets sharply lower yesterday. Date of publication 01/03/2007 00:00 MPC raises interest rates to 5.25% Today’s decision by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee took financial markets by surprise, at least as regards its timing. Date of publication 12/01/2007 00:00 MPC raises interest rates by a quarter-point to 4.75% - Inflation worries overdone The Bank of England’s decision today to raise interest rates by a quarter-point to 4.75% - precisely one year after it cut them by the same amount – came as something of a surprise to financial markets despite the fact that short sterling futures have been fully discounting two quarter-point hikes in the next 12 months for some time. Date of publication 03/08/2006 00:00 US core consumer prices – higher rates now guaranteed? Overall US consumer prices rose by 0.4% in May, just as financial markets had been expecting, with the rising cost of energy, which climbed a further 2.4% on the month (with gasoline prices rising 4.8%) again the main factor putting upward pressure on the index. Date of publication 15/06/2006 00:00
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