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...“The ECB will undoubtedly be hoping that the euro falls further and that this feeds through to push up import prices sooner rather than later,” said Howard Archer at IHS Global Insight....
...“This makes it a little easier for the European Central Bank to delay any decision on whether or not to go for further stimulus until its June meeting,” said Howard Archer at IHS Global Insight....
...Current sharply improving consumer and business confidence comes at a particularly good time for the car industry, given that September is a key month for sales due to the number plate change,” said Howard Archer...
...“More QE is looking ever more unlikely and we suspect it will only occur should the economy suffer a marked relapse over the coming months,” said Howard Archer at IHS Global Insight....
...Oils manufacturers, including Archer Daniels Midland and Cargill, which had been key producers, have done the same, promoting products with little or no trans fats in recent years....
...“You cannot today rent or buy a condo in downtown Detroit – they are all gone,” said Dennis Archer, a former mayor and lawyer....
...service companies will have their work cut out to achieve anything more than modest growth in the near term due to the still uncertain business outlook and tightening government spending,” says Howard Archer...
...“The sharp drop in lending indicates that the Funding for Lending Scheme is yet to have any positive impact in actually lifting bank lending to companies,” said Howard Archer at IHS Global Insight....
...“The UK still has a very tough job in developing significant sustainable growth given tighter fiscal policy, ongoing serious problems in the eurozone and generally soft global growth,” says Howard Archer...
...There is currently not a compelling case for more quantitative easing given recent increased inflation risks and signs that the funding for lending scheme may be starting to have an impact,” says Howard Archer...
...struggling in the fourth quarter, and recovery prospects fragile, we think the Bank of England will decide to give the economy a further helping hand with £50bn of QE in the first quarter of 2013,” says Howard Archer...
...Howard Archer at IHS Global Insight says: “Retailers will be hoping the feelgood factor from a successful games feeds through to lift consumer confidence....
...“The manufacturing sector currently faces major domestic and international headwinds that are limiting its performance and at least its near-term prospects,” says Howard Archer at IHS Global Insight....
...“We expect GDP to be flat overall in 2012, with an increasing danger that the economy will contract marginally,” says Howard Archer at IHS Global Insight....
...at the June meeting, and with latest data and surveys largely grim and the outlook uncertain, we believe a majority of MPC members will decide that more QE is now warranted and justifiable,” says Howard Archer...
...“We have a sneaking suspicion that the Bank is not yet done on the QE front,” says Howard Archer, at IHS Global Insight....
...“The Treasury has already commented that Fitch’s move is a reminder of why it is essential Britain sticks to its plans to deal with its debts,” Howard Archer at IHS Global Insight said....
...“Attention is now very much focused on whether the economy has been able to return to growth in the first quarter of 2012,” says Howard Archer at IHS Global Insight....
...Howard Archer at Global Insight says: “Recent surveys and hard data indicate that manufacturing activity has picked up after suffering a torrid second half of 2011.”...
...“The first estimate is based on the output side of the economy and suggests to us that the economy was stagnant at best,” says Howard Archer at IHS Global Insight....
...“Despite an apparent pick-up in services and manufacturing in January, there are compelling reasons for the Bank of England to administer further stimulus for the economy,” says Howard Archer at IHS Global...
...Howard Archer at IHS Global Insight says: “Latest data and survey evidence are likely to have reinforced concerns over the economy and we expect the QE trigger to be pulled again in February with a £50bn...
...The forfeiture committee has no power over peerages such as that of Lord Archer, who faced calls to lose his peerage after his conviction for perjury....
...“While interest rates are unlikely to go lower than 0.5 per cent, it is odds-on that the Bank will undertake more QE early in 2012 to try and boost the struggling economy,” said Howard Archer at IHS Global...
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