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...I don’t think in my career I’ve ever seen a law have a greater impact on economic development in this country,” said Gregory Wetstone, chief executive officer of the American Council on Renewable Energy,...
...That partly reflected inflation but also the fact that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt last autumn extended the thresholds freeze for two years....
...Last week, chancellor Jeremy Hunt told the Financial Times he would like to cut taxes in an autumn fiscal event “if we can”....
...“That makes it easier for the bank to postpone tricky decisions and wait for more evidence that inflation is indeed falling sharply,” said Ruth Gregory, deputy chief UK economist at the consultancy Capital...
...Ruth Gregory, an economist at Capital Economics, said the ONS numbers would provide the chancellor with good news in the lead-up to the Budget, but added they would not pave the way for a “big pre-election...
...However, Ruth Gregory, deputy chief UK economist at the consultancy, stressed that even modest changes to the OBR’s forecasts would be sufficient to “wipe out the headroom”....
...Ruth Gregory, an analyst at Capital Economics, said that after nine months of the fiscal year 2023-24, government borrowing was on track to undershoot the OBR’s full-year borrowing forecast of £123.9bn by...
...Gregory said she expected the economy to move out of stagnation in the second half of 2024....
...Ruth Gregory, economist at research company Capital Economics, said the GDP figures suggested “the UK economy may already have moved out of recession . . . with the timelier data suggesting the economy has...
...Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said the figures on Wednesday showed “the plan is working” and that lower inflation was “helping people’s money go further”....
...The OBR was likely to judge the chancellor had a buffer of about £25bn against his main fiscal rule, said Ruth Gregory, deputy chief UK economist at Capital Economics....
...But Hunt insisted tax cuts would be put on hold until inflation was firmly under control....
...Top stories today Fiscal room update | The UK government racked up its biggest monthly surplus on record in January ahead of Jeremy Hunt’s March Budget....
...Gordon Gregory, a retired fisherman, describes Starmer as “weak” and “vague”, but adds: “I’ll bet you £1,000 Labour win, it’s 100 per cent nailed on.”...
...Gregory added that she expected the fall in core inflation to “take longer in the UK” than elsewhere....
...Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said: “As we have seen in the US, France and Germany, inflation does not fall in a straight line, but our plan is working and we should stick to it.”...
...Ruth Gregory, economist at the consultancy Capital Economics, said the data did “not change the big picture that the economy has lagged behind all other G7 countries, aside from Germany and France, since...
...Wine has been a standout investment in recent years, driven by pent-up demand during the coronavirus pandemic and a hunt for alternative assets as mainstream financial markets tumbled last year....
...Ruth Gregory, deputy chief UK economist at Capital Economics, said the ONS figures were “vastly different to the previous data”....
..., referring to UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt....
...The figures will bring “some cheer for the government on a day when it has lost two by-elections”, said Ruth Gregory, economist at Capital Economics....
...Ruth Gregory, deputy chief UK economist at Capital Economics, said the weak figures were unlikely to stop Hunt offering tax giveaways before the next election....
...Chancellor Jeremy Hunt welcomed the data, saying it showed “the actions we’re taking to fight inflation are starting to take effect”....
...The expansion “will further raise hopes that the economy will escape a recession this year”, said Ruth Gregory, economist at the consultancy Capital Economics....
...Ruth Gregory, deputy chief UK economist at the consultancy Capital Economics, said: “With wage growth and services inflation both stronger than the bank had expected, it seems clear that the bank has more...
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