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Ellie McLaughlin

@elliemclaughlin.bsky.social
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Policy & advocacy at Positive Money, prev. ShareAction. Mostly thinking about green(ing) finance, climate & the housing crisis

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Positive Money UK @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Local currencies could help Global South countries reclaim control over economic policy and respond to the climate crisis. Hear from leading experts in a webinar on the topic: 📅 Thursday 22 January 🕠 5:30 pm GMT Register now to join the discussion:
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Can local currency financing help solve the climate and debt crisis?
Join us for a discussion on the challenges and opportunities of expanding local currency financing to tackle the climate and debt crisis
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
It’s hard to see how you get food price inflation under control when every week brings fresh headlines of how climate impacts are leading to poor harvests… www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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UK inflation rises unexpectedly to 3.6% driven by food and fuel prices
Annual increase in June follows two months of negative growth and with speculation mounting over tax rises
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Ellie McLaughlin @handle.invalid · 09/06/2025
Really excited to be at @soasuni.bsky.social kicking off a two-day workshop on central banking, climate and green transitions for UK civil society Kicking off day 1 - monetary policy - yannis dafermos, ulrich volz and @danielagabor.bsky.social
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Positive Money UK @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
It's good to see Swati Dhingra highlight how important strategic investments are for responding to inflation driven by supply factors like our reliance on fossil fuels in response to questions from @jeevunsandher.bsky.social on the Treasury Select Committee 👇
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Ellie McLaughlin @handle.invalid · 03/03/2025
Very interesting event in a couple of weeks for London folks hosted by @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social !
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 19/02/2025
🌪️ Climate disasters are hitting insurance and housing markets. In the first #FedLit issue, @karlsson-kris.bsky.social & Sarah Bloom Raskin explore how fragile insurers and mortgage delinquencies are tied to climate risk—and why the Fed must act. fedlit.substack.com/p/issue-1-cl...
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Issue 1: Climate Disaster → Insurer Fragility → Mortgage Delinquency
“When Insurers Exit: Climate Losses, Fragile Insurers, and Mortgage Markets”
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Uuree Batsaikhan @uureeb.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 Come and join us as a Senior Researcher. Your skills & voice are needed now more than ever in the civil society space to drive change and progressive new economics! 🌍💡 #JobAlert #Economics #CivilSociety positivemoney.org/vacancy/seni...
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Ellie McLaughlin @handle.invalid · 13/02/2025
Barclays have just posted £8.1bn in profits for 2024 - 24% higher than 2023. Meanwhile, the Bank of England yesterday forecast that up to £150 bn - £30 bn a year - will be transferred from the Treasury to the Bank to cover QE losses. uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/barclay...
uk.finance.yahoo.com
Barclays announces £1bn share buyback after 24% rise in profits
Barclays posted a 24% rise in both full-year pre-tax profits and those attributable to shareholders, as well as announcing plans for a £1bn share buyback.
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Ellie McLaughlin @handle.invalid · 31/01/2025
Wonderful news in what has been an otherwise bleak week. Huge congrats to everyone who has been fighting for this 👏
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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Breaking: Deep investigation into the secretive world of so-called sustainability-linked loans and bonds issued by the world biggest banks to the world biggest polluters. All with the aim of greenwashing both banks and energy companies. @apnews.com digs into it here: apnews.com/article/shel...
apnews.com
How mega-polluters take advantage of billions in green loans
Some of the world’s biggest polluters are reaping billions of dollars through a lax form of green finance, a new investigation by The Examination has found.
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Ellie McLaughlin @handle.invalid · 11/12/2024
Timely new @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social report on the role of new forms of money and payments in creating a fairer global financial architecture. Launch event linked below starting at 6pm this evening!
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Jens van 't Klooster 💸💸💸 @jvtk.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Scary stuff by @laurielaybourn.bsky.social and @jamesgyke.bsky.social on the climate-inflation doom loop: As climate disruption kicks off, prices go up, central bankers hike and angry voters derail democratic systems, setting the stage for more disruption. theconversation.com/a-doom-loop-...
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A ‘doom loop’ of climate change and geopolitical instability is beginning
Climate change is driving inflation and instability, which harms climate action. But it’s not too late to escape the doom loop.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
My letter in the Financial Times - #TooMuchFinance, and the wrong sort of finance, supporting environmental destruction and economic exploitation
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Ellie McLaughlin @handle.invalid · 19/11/2024
The Positive Money UK team are now on bluesky! 😍 Give us a follow for hot takes on financial regulation, public money/banking & greening finance 😎
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