Hints and tips:
...“The tide has gone out,” said Andrea Auerbach, head of private investments at Cambridge Associates, which advises large institutions on their private equity investments....
...Trevor Williams: No — it may have gone too far in raising taxes....
...Trevor Williams: Monetary and fiscal policy a risk if wrongly used....
...Howard Davies: I expect little or no change....
...The writer, author of ‘Showbiz Politics: Hollywood in American Political Life’, is a Purdue University associate history professor...
...Trevor Williams, visiting professor, University of Derby No....
...Trevor Williams, professor, Derby University, TW consultancy I think interest rates will not rise in 2018....
...Trevor Williams, Professor, Derby university, TW consultancy 1.3 per cent....
...Trevor Williams, professor, Derby University, TW consultancy 2.3 per cent — pay growth will slow as the pace of economic growth slows....
...Monique Ebell, associate research director, National Institute of Economic and Social Research A resurgence of UK productivity growth in 2018 seems quite unlikely....
...Howard Davies, professor in practice, Sciences Po There is no reason to think 2018 will be any different....
...Philip Rush, founder and chief economist, Heteronomics Feel about the same as 12 months ago....
...AI investing may sound fantastical, but as sci-fi writer William Gibson said: “The future is already here, it is just not evenly distributed.”...
...Neil Williams, group chief economist, Hermes Investment Management Not much change....
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College Open question. Depends if he injects a major fiscal stimulus....
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College I expect inflation to rise towards 3% in 2017 was import prices rise....
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College Most unlikely....
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College My guess is he will be too timorous to do the right thing....
...Professor Trevor Williams, visiting professor, University of Derby Growth to slow to 1.5% or less....
...Philip Rush, chief economist, Heteronomics Feel about the same as 12 months ago Immigration controls continue to seem likely, which will weigh on GDP, though not necessarily per worker....
...Howard Davies said: “I fear that speeding pressure in the NHS and social services may intensify....
...Neil Williams, Group Chief Economist, Hermes Investment Management With more cheap cash looking for a home (only a small pun intended!)...
...Michael McMahon, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Warwick This depends, of course, what decent means. I would be reasonably pleased with 0.5% oqa growth each quarter....
...Philip Rush, Nomura, Senior European Economist Tighter from May 2016 by 25bp/q, owing to the inflationary pressures emerging from an advanced economic cycle....
...Directed by Oscar-winner Ron Howard, it may have looked like the latest high-pedigree biopic from Universal but, in essence, it was a British indie....
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