<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Alaa Shahine - Former Managing Editor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alaa Shahine - Former Managing Editor]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/APoLVzmpM5Y/alaa-shahine</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Alaa Shahine - Former Managing Editor</title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/APoLVzmpM5Y/alaa-shahine</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 21:10:39 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/APoLVzmpM5Y/alaa-shahine.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Goldman Expects Bank of England to Hike Rates Three Times Through May]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-28/goldman-expects-boe-to-hike-rates-three-times-through-may</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-28/goldman-expects-boe-to-hike-rates-three-times-through-may</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Libby Cherry]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2022 16:14:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bailey Says Bank of England ‘Will Have to Act’ on Inflation]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-17/bailey-says-energy-prices-means-u-k-inflation-could-last-longer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-17/bailey-says-energy-prices-means-u-k-inflation-could-last-longer</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alaa Shahine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2021 14:08:47 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iao3j08p5TUA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iao3j08p5TUA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Shard skyscraper, center, and the City of London skyline in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. The pandemic has weakened the gravitational pull of city centers, with new forces now reshaping knowledge-based economies.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[BOE Officials Double Down on Signals of Imminent Rate Hike]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-10/boe-officials-double-down-on-signals-of-an-imminent-rate-hike</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-10/boe-officials-double-down-on-signals-of-an-imminent-rate-hike</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alaa Shahine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2021 20:00:23 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKoqiODbD3JM/v256/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKoqiODbD3JM/v256/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surging U.K. Inflation Is Already a Problem for Johnson’s Agenda]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-06/u-k-inflation-emerges-as-risk-for-boris-johnson-s-agenda</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-06/u-k-inflation-emerges-as-risk-for-boris-johnson-s-agenda</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alaa Shahine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2021 13:13:46 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iXgoNMLsbgBQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iXgoNMLsbgBQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Boris Johnson Photographer: Hollie Adams</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bank of England Could Raise Rates Twice by May, BofA Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-24/bank-of-england-could-raise-rates-twice-by-may-bofa-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-24/bank-of-england-could-raise-rates-twice-by-may-bofa-says</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alaa Shahine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2021 12:07:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goldman Sees BOE Lifting U.K. Benchmark Rate to 1% by End-2023]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-16/goldman-sees-boe-lifting-u-k-benchmark-rate-to-1-by-end-2023</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-16/goldman-sees-boe-lifting-u-k-benchmark-rate-to-1-by-end-2023</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alaa Shahine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2021 10:37:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i5aJz26BFuvw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i5aJz26BFuvw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Bank of England (BOE) in the City of London, U.K., on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. The Bank of England (BOE) may move a step closer to tightening monetary policy, unwinding 900 billion pounds ($1.2 trillion) government bond purchases while also opening the possibility that borrowing costs could be pushed below zero. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[BOE Still Expects Staff to Return to Office at Least Once a Week]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-07/boe-still-expects-staff-to-return-to-office-at-least-once-a-week</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-07/boe-still-expects-staff-to-return-to-office-at-least-once-a-week</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alaa Shahine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2021 16:55:33 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iergdSZC2MBU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iergdSZC2MBU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Bank of England (BOE) in the City of London, U.K., on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. The Bank of England (BOE) may move a step closer to tightening monetary policy, unwinding 900 billion pounds ($1.2 trillion) government bond purchases while also opening the possibility that borrowing costs could be pushed below zero.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Euro-Area Exits Recession With South Emerging as Unlikely Hero]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-30/euro-area-exits-recession-with-south-emerging-as-unlikely-hero</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-30/euro-area-exits-recession-with-south-emerging-as-unlikely-hero</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alaa Shahine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2021 12:37:16 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i2mwmcm8x5HE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i2mwmcm8x5HE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A closed retail store in Sant Jaume Square in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. The Spanish central bank forecasts that the economy could shrink as much as 12.6% this year. Photographer: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.K. Inflation Surprises With Strongest Reading Since 2018]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-14/u-k-inflation-rises-more-than-expected-to-highest-since-2018</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-14/u-k-inflation-rises-more-than-expected-to-highest-since-2018</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alaa Shahine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2021 06:06:07 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRYQzA3CZnZQ/v282/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRYQzA3CZnZQ/v282/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[BOE’s Haldane Says QE Size Challenges Central Bank Independence]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-28/boe-s-haldane-says-qe-size-challenges-central-bank-independence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-28/boe-s-haldane-says-qe-size-challenges-central-bank-independence</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alaa Shahine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2020 14:56:45 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iehMYnqLO.Mk/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iehMYnqLO.Mk/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Bank of England in the City of London, U.K., on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. The Bank of England boosted its bond-buying program by a bigger-than-expected 150 billion pounds ($195 billion) in another round of stimulus to help the economy through a second wave of coronavirus restrictions. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Central Banks Curb Vaccine Euphoria With Notice of Economic Pain]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-11/central-bankers-say-too-early-for-vaccine-to-rescue-economy-yet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-11/central-bankers-say-too-early-for-vaccine-to-rescue-economy-yet</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alaa Shahine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2020 16:30:07 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFXNrhYENChg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFXNrhYENChg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A man stands in the rain in Times Square in New York City, Oct. 16.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[IMF Joins Powell and Lagarde Urging Governments to Keep Spending]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-14/world-monetary-chiefs-say-it-s-too-early-to-stop-virus-spending</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-14/world-monetary-chiefs-say-it-s-too-early-to-stop-virus-spending</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Holland]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2020 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i29KnEQ1OWQo/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i29KnEQ1OWQo/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A medic performs a swab test on a traveler at a Covid-19 test center inside Athens International Airport, in Athens, Greece, on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. The U.K. government imposed a 14-day quarantine for travelers arriving from seven Greek islands, starting from Sept. 7, in a shift to its coronavirus strategy, as domestic cases of the disease continued to rise. Photographer: Yorgos Karahalis/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next Big Shift in Economics Takes Shape Under Covid Shadow]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-11/the-next-big-shift-in-economics-takes-shape-under-covid-shadow</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-11/the-next-big-shift-in-economics-takes-shape-under-covid-shadow</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alaa Shahine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2020 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1EHu8hCzzyg/v255/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1EHu8hCzzyg/v255/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goldman Says Allure of Brexit Deal Hard to Resist for Johnson]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-07/goldman-says-allure-of-brexit-deal-hard-to-resist-for-johnson</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-07/goldman-says-allure-of-brexit-deal-hard-to-resist-for-johnson</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alaa Shahine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2020 10:43:42 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iHXIZHX8jTLg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iHXIZHX8jTLg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Britain&apos;s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street on September 2, 2020, to attend Prime Minister&apos;s Questions (PMQs) at the House of Commons in central London for the first time since the summer recess. - The UK Parliament returned to work on September 1 with the governing Conservative Party having taking a summer of hits in the polls bringing them level with the main opposition Labour Party amid a series of embarrassing U-turns and economic devastation wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley Expects U.K. U-Turn on Furlough Plan Extension]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-04/morgan-stanley-expects-u-k-u-turn-on-furlough-plan-extension</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-04/morgan-stanley-expects-u-k-u-turn-on-furlough-plan-extension</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alaa Shahine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2020 10:42:45 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivFtXQDUW3kE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivFtXQDUW3kE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A customer gets his beard cut inside a barbers shop in Luton, U.K., on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. The Bank of England is touting the firepower it can use to deliver more stimulus as the U.K. enters what could be a chaotic final few months of 2020.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s ‘Mad’ to Worry About Mounting Debt Now, Keynes Scholar Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-21/it-s-mad-to-worry-about-mounting-debt-now-keynes-scholar-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-21/it-s-mad-to-worry-about-mounting-debt-now-keynes-scholar-says</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alaa Shahine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 14:31:18 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/is0DmG4VuILQ/v254/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/is0DmG4VuILQ/v254/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lebanon Is Now Rated as Low as Venezuela After Moody’s Cut]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-27/lebanese-rating-cut-at-moody-s-suggests-major-bondholder-losses</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-27/lebanese-rating-cut-at-moody-s-suggests-major-bondholder-losses</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alaa Shahine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2020 16:48:35 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iL1215tYhQM8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iL1215tYhQM8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Demonstrators set an upturned garbage can alight as part of a road block during an anti-government protest in Beirut on July 1. Photographer: Hasan Shaaban/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[ECB’s Knot Warns of Risks of Relying on Crisis Measures Too Long]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-03/ecb-s-knot-warns-of-risks-of-relying-on-crisis-measures-too-long</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-03/ecb-s-knot-warns-of-risks-of-relying-on-crisis-measures-too-long</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alaa Shahine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iOYE9gYhYX_E/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iOYE9gYhYX_E/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Klaas Knot, president of De Nederlandsche Bank NV, speaks during the Institute of International Finance (IIF) annual membership meeting in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. The meeting explores the latest issues facing the financial services industry and global economy today.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Faces Rare ‘Inflationary Depression,’ Says Keynes Scholar]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-06/world-faces-rare-inflationary-depression-says-keynes-scholar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-06/world-faces-rare-inflationary-depression-says-keynes-scholar</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alaa Shahine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2020 14:55:45 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iR9ZM6yZ9RCE/v254/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iR9ZM6yZ9RCE/v254/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[IMF Suggests Brexit Trade Talks Should be Extended]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-16/imf-suggests-brexit-trade-talks-should-be-extended-bbc-reports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-16/imf-suggests-brexit-trade-talks-should-be-extended-bbc-reports</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alaa Shahine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2020 07:14:47 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>