Hints and tips:
...“Whatever the course of the pandemic in 2022, most of us can expect a severe financial headache,” said John Philpott, an independent consultant....
...Ann Pettifor: The UK in 2022 will not look like, or be, a high wage and therefore high productivity economy....
...John Philpott: Keep it Simple should be the motto as far as the MPC is concerned....
...John Philpott, The Jobs Economist Once again, Brexit uncertainty makes it difficult to provide an answer....
...Ann Pettifor, director, policy research in macroeconomics, Prime Economics The fall in real wages while unemployment has fallen and employment has risen is a consequence of sustained hyper-globalisation...
...John Philpott, director, The Jobs Economist I expect some improvement in productivity in 2018 as a result of [developments in] the labour market and [on] wages....
...John Philpott, director, The Jobs Economist A slightly easier year but only because real incomes will be stagnant rather than falling....
...Ann Pettifor, director, policy research in macroeconomics, Prime Economics We think much depends on the Fed[eral Reserve] and ECB....
...Ann Pettifor, Director, Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME) The end of 2017 witnessed, in our view, the top of the global asset bubble....
...John Philpott, director, The Jobs Economist Feel about the same as 12 months ago....
...Ann Pettifor, director, Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME) 0.5 — 1.0 percentage point increase in annual inflation rate compared to 2016’s 0.7....
...Ann Pettifor, director, Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME) No, there will not be a shift in the Bank’s monetary stance next year....
...John Philpott, director, The Jobs Economist At present ‘Trumponomics’ remains a mish-mash of possible policies, good, bad and ugly....
...Ann Pettifor, director, Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME) The idea of “headroom” conforms to the household budget fallacy, a fallacy which the FT’s economic analysis has helped entrench....
...Ann Pettifor, director, Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME) Not much. And not much effect (in the short term)....
...Ann Pettifor, director, Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME) We at PRIME expect growth to slow by at least 0.5% next year....
...Ann Pettifor, director, Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME) Feel about the same as 12 months ago Prospects for the UK economy outside of the EU depend on demand, which indirectly also depends on...
...Mr Philpott said many would be core jobless young people not in full-time education....
...John Philpott, independent economist, independent economist: The answer must surely be no....
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