Budget emergencies and euro alarm bells

As investors grapple with austerity packages and crisis in the eurozone, Investment Week gathered together three leading economic commentators to discuss the global economic outlook. The panel featured Julian Chillingworth, chief investment officer at Rathbone Unit Trust Management, Sunil Krishnan, a financial markets economist at BlackRock, Robert Quinn, a European equity strategist at Standard & Poor's. What are your initial impressions of the Budget? Sunil Krishnan (SK): You have got a reasonably clear steer from the markets since the election. They are willing to give the coalitio...