Ed Conway is the Economics Editor of ''

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. He is based at ''Sky Central'' in

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in West London. He is a former correspondent for the ''

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'' newspaper and the Economics Editor of ''

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'' and the ''

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'' newspapers. He became Sky News' first Economics Editor in 2011.Sky News appoints Ed Conway as first economics editor
Publisher: ''Press Gazette''. Published: 6 July 2011. Retrieved: 28 March 2013.

Education

From 1993 to 1998, Conway was educated at

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,Notable Old Oratorians (1972-2009) - In the Arts and Media - Ed Conway
Publisher: ''The Oratory School Society'', Woodcote, Oxfordshire. Retrieved: 24 March 2013. a Roman Catholic boarding

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for boys in the village of

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, followed by Pembroke College,

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, where he took an MA in English, and after having worked for several years, gained a Fulbright Scholarship to the

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in the United States,Biographies - Ed Conway
Publisher: ''

Press Office''. Retrieved: 24 March 2013. where he took an MPA (a master's degree in Public Administration).

Life and career

Conway was formerly an economics correspondent for the ''

'' newspaper, followed by the Economics Editor of ''The Daily Telegraph'' and the ''Sunday Telegraph'' newspapers. In August 2011, Conway joined Sky News as economics editor and covered topics including financial market crisis Great Recession and euro crisis. He is also known for his numerous stories including a G20 summit, Greek default and its rescue fund. Among his many interviewees are the managing director of the International Monetary Fund,

Christine Lagarde Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde (; née Lallouette, ; born 1 January 1956) is a French politician and lawyer who has been serving as President of the European Central Bank since 2019. She previously served as the 11th managing director of the ...

, the

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, and the

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Governor

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. During the early stages of the 2008

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, he was the first to reveal the Bank of England's plans to create additional money through quantitative easing, and to warn of the funding gap in the banking system which later led to the collapse of Northern Rock.

Publications

Conway is the author of ''50 Economics Ideas You Really Need to Know'', first published in September 2009. The book has been translated into thirteen languages. In May 2014, he also published ''The Summit: The Biggest Battle of the Second World War - fought behind closed doors''.

References

External links

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Personal website
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