Emily Maitlis Quotes

As the news agenda goes into warp speed, it becomes ever more difficult for authors writing about current events to keep their books timely and relevant.

We live in an era where the global capital markets are the super power in the world, and when they move against you as they've moved against Russia, as we've all seen in the ruble, there's nothing that can stop that.

Developments in financial markets can have broad economic effects felt by many outside the markets.

I mean, Iceland is Iceland. It can't do damage to anybody unless you're Icelandic. But the United States can drag down the entire western economy. And I think what we are seeing is simply a reflection of reality. This is not, I'm sorry, but this is not a AAA nation.

I'm very lucky, because my beat is current events. And events are changing all the time.

What is news? It's hard to quantify. Certainly news has changed completely, and the morning shows are not really designed to bring you the news, except to tell you what happened overnight, and the rest of it is a kind of magazine mentality - a little bit of this, a little bit of that. It's harder to be an educated and informed citizen.

An attack on the scale of Sept. 11 would rock the markets and the economy.

I come from a newspaper background, so maybe I'm attuned to current events.

But the world is ever more interdependent. Stock markets and economies rise and fall together. Confidence is the key to prosperity. Insecurity spreads like contagion. So people crave stability and order.

I developed my love for the news because of my love for international news.

I once gave a lecture in Japan where I was asked not to mention the end of the Universe lest it affect the Japanese stock market.

I think Brexit is disappointing from an economic perspective.

Even if the Brits decide to remain, we will have to avoid a contagion on other countries.

The big story of the day is always going to be driven by what's happened and by the facts and the events.

I don't think the U.K. should leave the E.U. I think it would be a disaster for our economy, and it would lead to a decade of economic and political uncertainty at a time when the tectonic plates of global success are moving.

The financial crisis revealed important weaknesses in many areas of our financial system.

I've been through geopolitical and economic cycles.

We're so interdependent, and what one country does is such an important part of what happens in the global economy.

Whether it is a hard or soft Brexit, there are opportunities here for us to be had.

If 'Brexit' really is a political crisis, it should be treated as a political crisis - and not, despite all the market upheaval, a financial or economic one.

We cannot talk about trade without talking about China.

The global economy is facing unprecedented challenges with the outbreak of Covid-19. Businesses large and small across our country are also responding to these challenges.

If the Asian financial crisis had the impact of accelerating China's rise, the transatlantic financial crisis has had the effect of accelerating Germany's rise.

Hindi film industry's fortunes are directly connected to that of the world finance markets.

I'm fascinated by current events and the privilege of trying to share it with other people and tell a story.