Hints and tips:
...Think of Liza Minnelli, Michael Douglas, Carrie Fisher, Jamie Lee Curtis and many others....
...Bronwyn Curtis: There is no single policy change that will boost the UK’s long-term growth....
...Ethan Ilzetzki: It is difficult to forecast one quarter, let alone one year, ahead....
...Bronwyn Curtis: The Bank of England will underestimate the level of inflation....
...Bronwyn Curtis, chair at JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust: No....
...Ethan Ilzetzki: Keep the course. Michael Jacobs: Nothing on interest rates or QE....
...Ethan Ilzetzki, lecturer, LSE It is currently entirely unclear whether and how the UK will leave the EU....
...Ethan Ilzetzki, lecturer in economics, London School of Economics Did not answer. Richard Jeffrey, chief economist, Cazenove Capital Please see answer to question on consumers....
...Bronwyn Curtis, chairman, JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust It seems unlikely that the UK will see a resurgence in productivity growth in the near term....
...Bronwyn Curtis, chairman, JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust Consumer confidence is back down to the post referendum levels, incomes are being squeezed and the housing market is weaker....
...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....
...Bronwyn Curtis, Chairman, JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust 1.3 per cent to 1.5 per cent but much depends on how confident consumers and companies are, and that depends on how the Brexit negotiations are...
...Bronwyn Curtis, chairman, JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust More pessimistic than 12 months ago....
...Bronwyn Curtis, from the, Society of Business Economists Firms will not be prepared to squeeze margins to preserve market share so I expect the higher costs from the sterling devaluation to be passed on...
...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....
...“In the end,” said Bronwyn Curtis, from the Society of Business Economists, “it comes down to money....
...Bronwyn Curtis, Society of Business Economists I don’t expect a change in the monetary policy stance in 2017....
...Ethan Ilzetzki, lecturer in economics, London School of Economics and Centre for Macroeconomics It is still to early to predict Trump’s policies, let alone their impact on the world economy....
...Bronwyn Curtis, Society of Business Economists If, as seems likely, some big companies and a lot of highly paid jobs leave the UK, there will be a hole in the tax take which will hard to fill....
...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....
...Ethan Ilzetzki, Lecturer in Economics, London School of Economics I find it difficult to make fiscal projections, but this is no easy task for the Treasury or the Office of Budget Responsibility either....
...Ethan Ilzetzki, Lecturer in Economics, London School of Economics It’s hard to see how monetary policy can be any looser, so the only way is up....
...Ethan Ilzetzki, Lecturer in Economics, London School of Economics See my answer to 1 above....
...Bronwyn Curtis, Chief economic adviser, Official Monetary & Financial Institutions Forum The unbalanced but relatively robust growth story will remain intact in 2016....
...Ethan Ilzetzki, Lecturer in Economics, London School of Economics The political classes seem to be taking a “remain” result for granted, despite polls running very close....
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