David Powell

London

Senior Euro-Area Economist at Bloomberg News

Senior Euro-Area Economist, Bloomberg Economics/Author of Trader's Guide to the Euro Area: Economic Indicators, the ECB and the Euro Crisis. Views are my own.

Articles

Israel aims to force nuclear recalculation - not regime change

1 week ago | english.alarabiya.net | David Powell

100% Font Size share close URL Copied 7 min read When Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announced the launch of his country’s surprise attack on Iran on June 13, he set out the principal reasons: The discovery – confirmed by the International Atomic Energy Agency the day before the attack – that Iran now had enough highly enriched uranium to make nine nuclear bombs; and intelligence findings that Iran was actively working on turning this uranium into a nuclear weapon. Netanyahu also pointed to...
Is there really a growing rift between the US and Israel?

1 month ago | english.alarabiya.net | David Powell

There was shock in Israel on May 4 when a missile, launched by the Houthis from Yemen, managed to evade the country’s air defences and hit Ben Gurion airport. The attack injured several civilians and caused considerable economic damage, with several foreign airlines suspending flights to Israel indefinitely.
Freeports: what are they, and why did Labour sign off on them with the Tories?

2 months ago | thecanary.co | David Powell |David Powell

“Freeports represent a significant threat to the well-being of Britain” – Richard Murphy, tax expert and political economist. “I think that for the most part, these zones are used quite candidly by political leaders to create areas of unaccountability or to accelerate economic activity for their own interests” – Quinn Slobodian, author of Crack Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy.
Has Netanyahu fought off the latest threat to bring down his government?

Mar 24, 2025 | english.alarabiya.net | David Powell

100% Font Size share close URL Copied 7 min read In Israel, everyone of military age – apart from the country’s Arab population – is obliged by law to do military service. This means two years full time in the army, followed by periodic reserve duty. In time of war, like now, reservists are called up repeatedly and for long periods.
Dalton to Cassville, May 1-19, 1864

Feb 27, 2025 | strategypage.com | David Powell

by David A. PowellEl Dorado Hills, Ca.: Savas Beatie, 2024. Pp. xvi, 608. Illus., maps, personae, order of battle, notes, biblio., index. $39.95. ISBN: 1611216958Sherman Moves on AtlantaThis book is award winning historian David Powell’s first installment of a planned five-volume study of the Atlanta Campaign, from May of 1864 through the capture of the city in early September.
Why the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal will not end the war in Gaza

Jan 17, 2025 | english.alarabiya.net | David Powell

On January 15, the day the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage release agreement was announced, outgoing US President Joe Biden predicted it would bring a “permanent end to the war.” He added that the people of Gaza could now “recover and rebuild” and that they could “look to a future without Hamas in power.” For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.
Warning to drivers over flashing to alert other road users of speed cameras

Dec 13, 2024 | liverpoolecho.co.uk | Jamie Brassington |David Powell

It may seem like a considerate act - but it's actually breaking traffic rulesSome drivers might be tempted to flash their headlights as a warning for speed traps, but this act of perceived kindness could land them in hot water. While it may feel like helping your fellow driver, it's actually against the rules of the road and might result in a heavy fine. The Highway Code is clear on this with Rule 110 stating: "Only flash your headlights to let other road users know that you are there.
Woman sat in her kitchen 'wishing for it not to be true' after police knocked at her door

Dec 1, 2024 | liverpoolecho.co.uk | David Powell |Emily Rose Carubia

Droy Darroch-York, 20, was killed when a BMW travelling 100mph collided with his carThe family of a 20-year-old man said they felt "lost, destroyed and numb" when police officers delivered the tragic news of his death. Droy Darroch-York was driving near Pwllheli in Gwynedd, North Wales on Saturday, June 4, 2022, when a BMW travelling 100mph collided with his Ford Fusion, killing him.
BMW driver was travelling 100mph when he killed young man

Nov 28, 2024 | liverpoolecho.co.uk | David Powell |Emily Rose Carubia

Roger Brenninkmeyer was jailed for six years and eight months for causing death by dangerous drivingA dangerous driver was driving with his accelerator "fully depressed" when his BMW collided with another car killing a "caring and gentle" 20-year-old. Driver Roger Brenninkmeyer's BMW was travelling at nearly 100mph when it hit an embankment on a rural road, overturned, collided with the victim's car and spun into a field, stopping 99 metres away.
A more ordinary climate story

Oct 14, 2024 | climateoutreach.org | David Powell

Just before the election, we went to the seaside. Together with More in Common, we at Climate Outreach ran focus groups in a few coastal constituencies, like Clacton and Hartlepool. We wanted to hear the real climate stories of people in places caricatured or even feared by greeny campaigners or commentators. In Clacton, voters were set to vote in Nigel Farage, a man who hates wind farms and describes them as “useless”. So you’d have been justified in thinking people in Clacton hate wind farms too.