Hints and tips:
...Christopher Pissarides: No....
...Via is special lending facilities, the Bank of England has plenty of scope to support credit — in case further easing is needed, we favour a negative late “TLTRO-style” policy as opposed to a negative bank...
...Keith Wade: Better off as the pick-up in sterling helps suppress inflation whilst wages continue to gradually strengthen. Ross Walker: Worse....
...David Page, senior economist, US and UK, Axa Investment Managers Yes but only slowly....
...Keith Wade, group chief economist, Schroders [We have] no rate rise in our forecast until 2019. Should trade talks progress well then there’s a case for an earlier move....
...Rupert Harrison, Portfolio Manager, BlackRock and former chief of staff to George Osborne My central case for the UK economy in 2018 is growth a little stronger than the current 1.5 per cent run rate....
...Keith Wade, Group chief economist, Schroders Average earnings to pick up to 3 per cent on tight labour market and modest easing of public sector pay....
...This is our central case....
...David Page, senior economist, US and UK, Axa Investment Managers A resurgence, no. Could it edge higher, possibly....
...In any case, even on an island, immigration is difficult to control....
...Keith Wade, Schroders: If we get a yes there would be massive wrangling over fiscal arrangements in order to avoid a rerun of the euro crisis within the new GBP zone....
...Mute Kester Jaynes escapes from a nightmarish juvenile correctional facility, going on the run to discover the last holdout of wildlife left....
...Keith Wade, Schroders Deepening euro crisis, rising gilt yields as a result of concerns over deficit reduction, rising inflation....
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