Michael Hunter

Financial journalist since 1999; now freelance - most recently at City AM via The Evening Standard, 20 years at the FT and a stint at Bloomberg.

[Michael Hunter @MJJHunter]

A day off, and, of course, this means time to prepare a Lady Gaga banana for the kids packed lunch

[The i Paper @theipaper]

Opinion | 'If the BBC is to earn its place in a rapidly changing media environment, it must be able to offer something that no other provider does,' writes Robin Lustig

https://t.co/8Vs3hTUs1v

[Michael Hunter @MJJHunter]

@cmackinlay On my travels, @Se_Railway have been much improved since I was last a regular pre-Covid. Very clear information and assistance the other week during the Bermondsey fire. Prompt refunds. There can be hassle, and it is annoying, but there is some genuine pride back among staff

[Mike Parr @radioparr]

@MJJHunter @patrickwintour I’d be up for that. Not sure the BBC is ready yet for that kind of thinking & collaboration. Still operates in ‘silos’. Of all the things to cut I just can’t understand the axing of The World Tonight & R4 Midnight News. I just don’t understand their thinking.

[Michael Hunter @MJJHunter]

@BSRtrainspotter @Se_Railway Cc @Nick_Metcalfe

[Michael Hunter @MJJHunter]

The coincidence of these posts makes me think — would it not be better to cut the bland repetive news channel filler and run the distinctive Radio Four shows on TV? Ditto the Midnight News. No one upset by audio streaming on video platforms. Cc @patrickwintour @radioparr

[Michael Hunter @MJJHunter]

Great lee Dixon / Gabriel Clarke combo from ITV. Ageing 90s boyband emince grise interviewed by Victorian hanging judge somehow beamed in from the assiszes

[Michael Hunter @MJJHunter]

Warsh questioning the usefulness of non-farm payrolls as Fed task force charged with looking at how the central bank handles data

[Michael Hunter @MJJHunter]

Warsh says Fed rate setters “using pencils” when submitting predictions of rate rise timings in a fast-changing world. Sounds like the dot-plot’s days are numbered as the world’s most influential central bank reviews its comms

[Michael Hunter @MJJHunter]

“We’ve dropped forward guidance” says new Fed chair Warsh at his first presser

[Michael Hunter @MJJHunter]

Warsh’s distaste for forward guidance confirmed, and he won’t issue predictions for the dot plot, while fellow FOMC members carry on with doing so in the Summary of Economic Projections

https://t.co/lDp0wIb7S2

[Michael Hunter @MJJHunter]

@WG_RumblePants @greateranglia @surreycricket I bet my friends at @Se_Railway can help the integrated network track down Rumble’s cap. Let’s get as many eyes looking as we can!

[Maxime Loisel @maxloisel]

Le New York Times teste discrètement la bascule en accès libre de ses articles principaux à la Une, avec un message très visible.

Une expérimentation visant à booster la page d’accueil dans une ère où le trafic direct se raréfie ?

[Nick Cohen @NickCohen4]

By attacking the BBC, Labour politicians are handing the media over Elon Musk and the oligarchs. There are times when I cannot find the words to describe the depth of their stupidity

[em @civetta]

The World Tonight on @bbcradio4 is treats news – global news – in an unhysterical & non-sensationalised way. It doesn't treat gossip as news. & clearly, for those reasons, it must die, as must Crossing Continents. 'Global' doesn't fit with the times. Our horizons are shrinking.

[Michael Hunter @MJJHunter]

Timely moment to draw attention to this. And to voice hope that the Midnight News in particular may yet be saved; alongwith The World Tonight. No one else doew radio like that.

[The TV Room @thetvroom]

🟦 A special extended feature in this week's @RadioTimes on The Future of the BBC, with contributions from @maitlis and @rogermosey, among others.

[Michael Hunter @MJJHunter]

Big day for new Fed chair Kevin Warsh -- stepping into the market spotlight as Trump demands rate cuts and the market is priced for a hike before the end of the year. Is he packing a piece?

https://t.co/lDp0wIb7S2

[Michael Hunter @MJJHunter]

@HLTCO @THRIIIIKER Nowt wrong with finding the joy in life and then relishing it, if you ask me. More than enough negativity and snark knocking about. And if the neggy snarks don’t like it, there is plenty of they can wallow in out there. Jollity and fun can exist too. Life’s rich pattern, etc

[Michael Hunter @MJJHunter]

Ecuador v Ivory Coast featuring very similar pair of kits to Holland v Japan

[Michael Hunter @MJJHunter]

@Mars01722137923 @jaykelly26 To be fair, Tartan Army nearly always very well behaved even when tanked up — more joie de vivre and bon homie than anything else. But that brew is not meant for use as marching juice! I bet they have brought some with them!

[Michael Hunter @MJJHunter]

@Mars01722137923 @jaykelly26 Good luck and enjoy! Don’t accept any Buckfast Tonic off them! Very potent stuff and not for the uninitiated