It pays to be paranoid: the importance of fiscal space - speech by Richard Sharp

Given at University College London
Published on 30 November 2017

Speaking at University College London, Richard Sharp, member of the Financial Policy Committee (FPC), explains why financial stability is important. 

He seeks to discuss the risk to financial stability arising from UK indebtedness; and to explain why that now, ten years after the global financial crisis, it may be a matter of concern.

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Richard Sharp

Member of the Financial Policy Committee from 2013 to 2019

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