Hints and tips:
...Bronwyn Curtis: There is no single policy change that will boost the UK’s long-term growth....
...The Rolling Stones celebrate their 60th anniversary in 2022, still touring despite Charlie Watts’ death in August....
...Bronwyn Curtis: Having been slow to raise rates, they are now at risk of tightening too much....
...You see art by other people in showbiz – people like Tony Curtis and Tony Bennett – and people say they should stick to acting or singing....
...Bronwyn Curtis: The Bank of England will underestimate the level of inflation....
...Bronwyn Curtis, chair at JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust: No....
...David Cobham , professor of economics, Heriot-Watt University No serious bounce until trade agreement or lack of it is finalised....
...David Cobham, professor, Heriot-Watt University Very little....
...Bronwyn Curtis, chairman, JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust It seems unlikely that the UK will see a resurgence in productivity growth in the near term....
...David Cobham, professor of economics, Heriot Watt University The power imbalance in the labour market is such that little rise in nominal wages can be expected (and probably no rise in real)....
...Bronwyn Curtis, chairman, JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust My guess is that they won’t raise rates at all. I would like to see the bank rate raised by 0.25 per cent at least once in 2018....
...David Cobham, professor of economics, Heriot Watt University No. Prices will continue to rise faster than wages while the ongoing austerity continues to hit lower income households....
...David Cobham, professor of economics, Heriot Watt University Positively but slowly, 1-2 per cent = less than most other ‘advanced’ economies; mainly the result of years of misguided austerity since 2010...
...Bronwyn Curtis, chairman, JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust More pessimistic than 12 months ago....
...Frances Cairncross, chair of court, Heriot-Watt University Perhaps to just over 2%....
...Bronwyn Curtis, Society of Business Economists I don’t expect a change in the monetary policy stance in 2017....
...“In the end,” said Bronwyn Curtis, from the Society of Business Economists, “it comes down to money....
...David Cobham, professor of economics, Heriot-Watt University Not much in 2017, all these things take longer! Long and variable lags behind and all that . . ....
...Frances Cairncross, chair of court, Heriot-Watt University As long as the economy (and the workforce) continue to expand next year, borrowing should fall in 2017....
...Brian and Demelza Watts, and Nelmarie Du Preez’s video of a robotic arm programmed to stab a knife between her fingers, alongside a range of abstract and figurative painting....
...Bronwyn Curtis, Society of Business Economists I expect immigration to be lower than it has been in recent years whatever political decisions are made. It is difficult to judge just how much lower....
...Bronwyn Curtis, from the, Society of Business Economists It will slow by from 2.1% in 2016 to between 1.1% and 1.6% in 2017....
...Bronwyn Curtis, Chief economic adviser, Official Monetary & Financial Institutions Forum a) struggle to impose his planned spending cuts and revenues will fall short of expectations The easiest cuts have...
...Bronwyn Curtis, Chief economic adviser, Official Monetary & Financial Institutions Forum I expect rates to be raised in 2016, but not until May at the earliest....
...Bronwyn Curtis, Chief economic adviser, Official Monetary & Financial Institutions Forum My greatest concern is that the economy will be more unbalanced, not less, by the end of 2016....
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