3 SEPTEMBER 1988, page 20

Hark Who's Talking

THE CITY has only itself to blame for the trade gap. It has done the importing, and should not now have the gall to complain. The financial districts old and new are the biggest......

Mister Lawson Flags

CAPTAIN Threadneedle and I are begin- ning to worry about Mister Lawson. This highly-rated performer came out on Satur- day in the sixth race at Goodwood, tipped to recover our......

Quack Remedies

private hands? There were a hundred ways round them, even then (they fostered the growth of the unofficial 'fringe banks', and a poisonous growth that was) and now, with money......

City And Suburban

Nigel puts the frighteners on, but hopes they don't scare sterling CHRISTOPHER FILDES T ime, gentlemen, please. The party is over, and has been over for a while, but too many......

Major Road Ahead

ANOTHER explanation is that the whole thing has been got up by John Major, the Chief and resourceful Secretary of the Treasury. This is the time of year which finds Mr Major up......