2 JULY 1988, page 21

Invisible Mending

ONE cure for the balance of payments would be for this country to give up trading in goods. We should then show some rather decent figures — but not as good as we thought they......

Trade, Money, Houses

I THINK that the May trade figures told us the truth, but not all of it. They are right to say that the position is worsening, but wrong to imply that our exports are crumb-......

Noblesse Oblige

ROCCO Forte has found something else to dislike in Sir Hugh Wontner: 'He started without a penny and now owns two country estates.' The Honourable Rocco, heredit- ary chairman......

City And Suburban

Bringing down the Euro-bank's commandments from the paper mountain CH RISTOPHER FILDES T he new central bank of Europe this week inaugurated its headquarters build- ing, which......