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Which councils will go bust next?

25 February 2021Municipal Financeliquidity, LOBOs, local governmentNick Dunbar

UK councils are at the front line of the pandemic, but financial mismanagement is adding to their woes. Risky Finance has compiled a list of English authorities mostly likely to be on the receiving end of a government bailout.

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Liquidity as myth

12 February 2009ArticlesCitigroup, Euro MTS, FSA, liquidity, Risk FinanceNick Dunbar

Risky Finance 21 March 2005 Proteus was a Greek mythological sea-god who was so slippery he could change into any shape he chose. There is no more protean word in finance than liquidity. For some, the word denotes the excess of cash currently chasing meagre market returns, For others, the word has a Keynesian meaning:…

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