The UK faces the threat of significant long-term financial instability unless the Bank of England and the UK government work together on a long-term plan to calm markets, warns the CEO of one of the worldโs largest financial advisory organisations.
The stark warning from Nigel Green of deVere Group comes as the central bank on Tuesday pledged to buy more government bonds to try and stabilise market conditions.
He said, โThe bond market is in utter chaos again. This has forced the Bank of England to step in with the unusual move to spend ยฃ5 billion on index-linked securities. It comes in addition to the ยฃ5 billion allocated for conventional gilts.
โSince the reckless โmini-budgetโ at the end of last month, UK financial markets have been in a tailspin, reeling from the governmentโs controversial plans to slash taxes and increase spending in a desperate dash for growth.
โThis latest dramatic selloff saw UK inflation-linked bond yields surging by record levels, forcing the Bank of England to intervene to try and restore some kind of order.โ
The deVere CEO added, โWeโve now had weeks of markets being rattled – as we have seen with the turmoil in the mortgage market and the pension market, and with the plummeting pound – because there seems to be no credible long-term plan. Instead, itโs all just last-minute, reactionary moves.
โEnough is enough. We urgently need the Bank and the government to work together on a serious plan to calm markets.
โAt the moment, we still have the central bank trying to hit the brakes whilst the government is trying to hit the accelerator. The result? Chaos.โ
Previously, Nigel Green has warned that the UKโs and the wider global financial system could collapse if action to repair the drama unleashed in the mini-budget was not rectified as a matter of utmost urgency. โContagion is real, as history teaches us,โ he noted.
He concluded: โThe UK faces the threat of significant, extended financial instability unless the Bank of England and the UK government work together on a long-term plan to calm markets.
โThe current last-minute, panic mode approach thatโs being taken is highly damaging to the UKโs economic prospects.โ
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