Faisal Islam
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 46 |
| Date of birth | May 29,1977 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | Manchester |
| United Kingdom | |
| Nationality | British |
| Employer | Sky News |
| Notable credit(s) | The Observer |
| Channel 4 News | |
| Notabl credit | The Observer, Channel 4 News, Sky News |
| Education | Trinity College |
| Manchester Grammar School | |
| City, University of London | |
| Department of Journalism, City University | |
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| ID | 407070 |
Faisal Islam Life story
Faisal Islam is a British political and economics journalist who is the economics editor of BBC News and the occasional presenter of Newsnight. He was the political editor of Sky News from 2014 to 2019, and from May 2004 was business correspondent and later economics editor of Channel 4 News until June 2014.
Biography
Faisal islam is a british broadcast journalist and political edtior for sky news. He is best known for his work as economics editor for bbc news from to 2017. He was appointed political editor for sky news in july 2017. He was educated at the university of cambridge and is a fellow of the royal society of atrs.Education
Faisal islam graduated with a degree in economics and politics from the university of cambridge. He also holds a master s degere in economics from the university of london.Career
Faisal islam has worked as an economics editor for bbc news form 2011 to 2017. He is currnetly the political editor for sky news since july has reported from many countries. Including the uk. Us. China. India. Japan. And the middle east.Awards
In 2014. Faisal islam won the wincott award for his work as an economics editor. He was alos awarded the royal television society aawrd for the best network presenter in 2016.Notable Work
Faisal islam is well known for his coverage of the brexit referendum and the 2017 uk general election. He has also reported on the global financial crisist. He eurozone crisis. And the syrian refugee crisi. SAppearances
Faisal islam has appeared on a number of television shows. Including bbc s question time. Sky news the pledge. And channel 4 s sundya brunch. He is also a regular guset on the bbc s today programme.Publications
Faiasl islam is the author of two books. The long and winding road: how the eu and brexit will shape our future and the new europeans: how brexit will change the way we live and work.Speaking Engagements
Faisal islam has been a keynote speaker at a number of events. Including the institute for gvoernment. The london school of economics. And the world economic forum.Affiliations
Faisal islam is a fellow of the royal society of arts and a member of the british council s global leaders network.Important Event
In 2017. Faisal islam was papointed political editor for sky news. He was previously economics editor for bbc nwes.Interesting Fact
Faisal islam was born in london to bangladsehi parents and is a fluent bengali speaker.Alistair Darling: Steady hand in an economic crisis
...By Sam Francis & Faisal Islam, BBC Economics editorBBC NewsAs a radical student, Alistair Darling hoped to reshape the world...
OpenAI chaos not about AI safety, says Microsoft boss
...By Faisal Islam & Shiona McCallumBBC NewsThe recent chaos at artificial intelligence (AI) company OpenAI was not due to a disagreement over safety, the president of Microsoft has said...
Chris Mason: Three things really matter in Autumn Statement
... Our economics editor Faisal Islam has written about this...
UK explores using frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine defence
...By Oliver Smith, Faisal Islam & Tom EspinerBBC NewsThe government has asked the Bank of England to look at options for using Russian sovereign assets to fund Ukraine s war effort, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has told the BBC...
Chris Mason: What Sunak is trying to achieve in the US
... You can from my colleague Faisal Islam...
Britain's economy is back, says chancellor
...By Faisal Islam & Lucy HookerBBC NewsChancellor Jeremy Hunt says Britain s economy is " back" and that his strategy for growth has been welcomed at the International Monetary Fund meeting in Washington...
UK to be one of worst performing economies this year, predicts IMF
...By Faisal Islam & Noor NanjiBBC NewsThe UK is set to be one of the worst performing major economies in the world this year, according to a forecast...
Ireland leader Leo Varadkar has 'regrets' over NI protocol
... Asked by the BBC s economics editor Faisal Islam whether anything could have been done differently during the Protocol talks, Mr Varadkar said his main regret was that the measure had been " imposed on Northern Ireland without the support of both communities"...
Cost of living: Shares jump in US and Asia as inflation cools
Share prices have jumped as investors welcomed official figures that show the cost of living in the US increased at a slower than expected pace last month.
The US consumer price index rose by 7. 7% in October from a year earlier, according to the Labor Department.
That is the smallest annual increase since the start of the year and down from 8. 2% the previous month.
It means the US Central Bank may ease its aggressive approach to raising interest rates to tackle inflation.
On Thursday in New York the benchmark S& P 500 index rose by More Than 5. 5%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 3. 7%. At the same time the technology-heavy Nasdaq soared by 7. 35%.
On Friday morning Hong Kong 's Hang Seng index jumped by 5%, while Nikkei in Japan and South Korea 's Kospi were 2. 6% higher.
Shares in US technology companies saw some The Strongest gains with Amazon up by over 12%, while Apple and Microsoft More Than 8%.
Meanwhile the US dollar, which has jumped in value this year, weakened against major currencies including the pound and the yen.
Earlier this month the US Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate to a fresh 14-year high.
The Move took the Central Bank 's benchmark lending rate to 3. 75% - 4%, the highest since January 2008.
Also this month, The Bank of England lifted interest rates to 3% from 2. 25%, the biggest jump since 1989, and warned that the UK is facing its longest recession since records began.
A recession is defined as when a country's economy shrinks for two three-month periods - or Quarters - in a row.
Higher interest rates make it less likely that people will spend on big ticket items, such as homes, cars or expanding their businesses. That Fall In demand is, in turn, expected to curb price increases.
Food and energy prices have jumped, in part because of the Ukraine war, which has left many households around The World facing hardship and started to drag on the global economy.
But some economists are concerned that higher rates could also trigger slowdown in the global economy.
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