Samir Odell leads Montlior News’s coverage of the central bank, markets and the Coravian economy. Before journalism he spent six years as an equity analyst at the Meridale Exchange, an education he describes as “learning to read a company the way a mechanic listens to an engine”. He joined the paper in 2016 and became Economics Editor in 2021.
The central bank is right to hold its nerve
Markets want the cut now. Governor Andor's patience is not timidity — it is the whole point of having a central bank.
16 July 2026
Samir Odell
