Alex Brummer

Alex Brummer (born 25 May 1949) is an English economics commentator, working as a journalist, editor, and author.

He is a regular contributor to The Jewish Chronicle (London), writing extensively on business, the media, the Holocaust, and Middle East policy.

Brummer also writes "The Money" article for the New Statesman and is a member of the editorial advisory board of Jewish Renaissance magazine.

Brummer covered the 2003 Iraq War for the Daily Mail from Washington, D.C., and led the newspaper's coverage on the 2007 run on Northern Rock, collapse of Lehman Brothers, and subsequent credit crunch.

On 4 February 2009, Brummer appeared as a witness at the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee, along with Robert Peston (BBC), Lionel Barber (Financial Times), Simon Jenkins (The Guardian), and Jeff Randall (Sky News) to answer questions on the role of the media in financial stability and "whether financial journalists should operate under any form of reporting restrictions during banking crises".