A Professor of Financial Economics in our Department of Economics, Panicos Demetriades has a particular interest in finance and development and regularly comments on banking issues, recently giving his expert opinion to a Leicester Exchanges post.

He spoke to the New York Times about the impact on Cyprus’ economy on Greece’s and its own credit rating cut and has since been interviewed by the Economist,  German nationail newspaper Die Welt and quoted in a host of local US newspapers, such as the Gainesville Sun, Sarasota Herald-Tribune and Investment International. He has also been interviewed by two of the main Greek stations (VIMA FM and NET FM) and by the Economist for a forthcoming piece.

Professor Demetriades expands on his comments and gives further analysis to the situation on his blog.