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...David Kern, consultant economist at Kern Consulting, formerly chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce and at NatWest With unemployment remaining low wages gradually strengthen during 2018, rising...
...David Kern, consultant economist at Kern Consulting, formerly chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce and at NatWest There will be a modest improvement as the economy adjusts to the prospects...
...David Kern, consultant economist at Kern Consulting, formerly chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce and at NatWest The squeeze on consumers will continue in the first half of 2018, but real...
...David Kern, consultant economist at Kern Consulting, formerly chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce and at NatWest The BoE will raise interest [rates] very slowly in 2018, with Bank Rate reaching...
...David Kern, Consultant Economist, Kern Consulting, Formerly Chief Economist at the BCC & at NatWest I expect UK GDP growth to slow slightly in full-year terms, from 1.6 per cent in 2017 to 1.5 per cent...
...David Kern, consultant economist at Kern Consulting, formerly chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce and at NatWest More pessimistic than 12 months ago....
...David Kern, Chief Economist, British Chambers of Commerce b) struggle to impose his planned spending cuts but revenues will remain on target or better George Osborne spending cuts are very ambitious....
...David Kern, Chief Economist, British Chambers of Commerce UK monetary policy will be slightly tighter by the end of 2016....
...Christopher Pissarides, Regius Professor of Economics, London School of Economics I expect to see a third year of decent growth....
...David Kern, Chief Economist, British Chambers of Commerce My greatest concern is that our unsustainable external deficit starts undermining international confidence in the UK....
...David Kern, British Chamber of Commerce UK real earnings are already in positive territory and the positive trend should strengthen next year....
...Sir Christopher Pissarides, Regius Professor of Economics, LSE Full employment is difficult to define in the new equilibrium but I expect unemployment to go down further....
...David Kern, British Chamber of Commerce UK GDP growth will almost certainly slow in 2015, from the 3 per cent pace expected in 2014....
...Sir Christopher Pissarides, Regius Professor of Economics, LSE Yes and yes....
...David Kern, British Chamber of Commerce The Bank of England raise should only consider raising interest rates in the final months of 2015 at the earliest....
...David Kern, BCC chief economist: UK house prices are still overpriced, but by less than indicated by conventional measures such as the “house price to earnings” ratio....
...David Kern, BCC chief economist: The “productivity puzzle” will not be fully resolved in 2013....
...David Kern, BCC chief economist: The UK economy will grow by about 1% in 2013. This is better than in 2012, but weak by historical standards....
...Christopher Pissarides, LSE: He can certainly keep plan A if he wants to....
...David Kern, BCC chief economist: These concerns are very real. Persistent banking sector weakness creates an effective credit crunch....
...Christopher Pissarides, LSE: Yes, I think it should....
...Rauner Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College, US and University of Stirling, UK Kern Alexander,Professor of Law and Economics, University of Zurich, Switzerland Martyn Andrews,Professor of Econometrics...
...Christopher Allsopp, New College, Oxford The policy errs on the side of excessive tightening. There may be slippage. There may be a need for a plan B – public investment would be best....
...Christopher Allsopp, New College, Oxford Some weakness to be expected, but not excessive. There was not really a housing ‘bubble’ in the UK. Supply still short relative to demand....
...David Kern, chief economist of the British Chamber of Commerce The UK cannot isolate itself entirely from international shocks....
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