Hints and tips:
...Gary Styles: Inflation is likely to be well ahead of target throughout 2022 and into 2023....
...Gary Styles, director and economist, GPS Economics We expect average earnings growth to be broadly similar to 2017 at around 2.3 per cent — 2.5 per cent....
...Gary Styles, director and economist, GPS Economics We do not expect to see this happen in the short to medium term....
...Gary Styles, director and economist, GPS Economics Inflation is expected to ease in 2018 and this should help consumers to some extent....
...Charles Dumas, chief economist, TS Lombard At this point we are going for [a] 0.25 percentage point hike in August....
...Charles Dumas, Chief Economist, TS Lombard About 1.5 per cent, vs. US and EA both 2-2.5 per cent....
...Gary Styles, director and economist, GPS Economics More optimistic than 12 months ago....
...Gary Styles, director, GPS Economics Inflation looks set to end 2016 at around 1.2-1.3%. We expect CPI inflation to approach 3% during 2017 and the risks are skewed to the upside....
...Charles Dumas, chief economist, TS Lombard I doubt he will use it Jan Eeckhout, professor of economics, University College London Not in 2017....
...Gary Styles, director, GPS Economics On balance I expect no change in Bank Rate in 2017....
...Gary Styles, director, GPS Economics In the short term I do not expect any significant impact. However, the medium term impacts are more difficult to pin down....
...Charles Dumas, chief economist, TS Lombard Very little until Brexit is negotiated, which will not be during 2017....
...Gary Styles, director, GPS Economics UK economic growth looks likely to be 0.5-0.75% lower in 2017 than in 2016....
...Charles Dumas, chief economist, TS Lombard More optimistic than 12 months ago Better north/south balance, less low-income immigration making incomes more unequal Jan Eeckhout, professor of economics,...
...Charles Dumas, Director, Lombard Street Research b) struggle to impose his planned spending cuts but revenues will remain on target or better The budget will, and should, remain in deficit....
...Charles Dumas, Director, Lombard Street Research It could be marginally tighter, with rates up, though the appreciation of sterling is the chief form by which monetary conditions have tightened....
...Charles Dumas, Director, Lombard Street Research Easily....
...Gary Styles, Director, GPS Economics Far too much reliance on consumer spending fuelled by higher borrowing and excessive house price optimism....
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...Gary Styles, Director, GPS Economics a. The short run impact would be very small (concealed in the rounding). b. The medium term outlook is a much tougher ask under this scenario....
...Crimea legal move The Russian Duma is expected to hold the first reading of a law that would allow Crimea to join Russia....
...Charles Dumas, Lombard Street Research: See above, answers to 2 and 3 above....
...Gary Styles, Hometrack: The productivity conundrum has shown no signs of abating....
...Charles Dumas, Lombard Street Research: Very little. If the euro stays together it will be a beached whale, but will have a trade surplus with the UK and will want to keep free trade....
...Charles Dumas, Lombard Street Research: We will probably see lesser growth than the 1% average of the past three years....
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