Hints and tips:
...David Bell, professor at Stirling university, said a living-standards crisis would be “acute” for poorer households, who spent a higher proportion of their income on energy....
...Keith Fleming makes an intriguing anti-hero, alongside wonderfully varied turns from Sean Hay and Chloe-Ann Tylor as his oddball associates....
...Ann Pettifor: The UK in 2022 will not look like, or be, a high wage and therefore high productivity economy....
...Alfie Stirling: Households are unlikely to feel better off by the end of 2020 compared with the beginning....
...Ann Cleeves, acclaimed for her mystery stories set in the Shetlands — now an award-winning television series — explains why the setting is so significant....
...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) The idea of “headroom” conforms to the household budget fallacy, a fallacy which the FT’s economic analysis has helped entrench....
...David Bell, professor of economics, University of Stirling Unlikely to be a direct substantive effect on the UK economy, but potential negative impacts if his policy proposals raise perceived risks to global...
...Ann Pettifor, director, Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME) No, there will not be a shift in the Bank’s monetary stance next year....
...Ann Pettifor, director, Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME) Not much. And not much effect (in the short term)....
...David Bell, professor of economics, University of Stirling I would expect some slowing down of growth in 2017....
...Among the claimants were retired couple Ann and Nick Bailey....
...David Bell, professor of economics, University of Stirling More optimistic than 12 months ago I am not more optimistic about the eventual outcome — rather that it will take longer to be realised....
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