Hints and tips:
...“There are no equivalent 100 per cent mortgages in the standard market,” says David Hollingworth of UK mortgage broker L&C....
...Athens Polymath 1,063: John Buxton, Chesterfield Crossword 16,407: J Welsh, London; VW Durham, Cumbria, England; Rowan McKittrick, London Polymath 1,062: Susan J Tzotzos, Austria Crossword 16,401: David Jeffrey...
...It is unlikely that he will go much further unless a) financial crisis intervenes b) the election is brought forward or c) war is declared....
...Richard Jeffrey, Chief Investment Officer, Cazenove Capital Management b) struggle to impose his planned spending cuts but revenues will remain on target or better Inevitably, given how much of public...
...Bank 36 Gavin Wills MD, Goldman Sachs 37 Geoff Godwin Chief Operating Officer UK, AIG 38 Nadeem Shamim Managing Director & Head, LC & CT, TB Europe, Standard Chartered 39 Michael Jary Partner, OC&C...
...Richard Jeffrey, Chief Investment Officer, Cazenove Capital Management In the short term, a vote to leave the EU would result in prolonged period of uncertainty, lasting around two years....
...Richard Jeffrey, Cazenove There are early signs that household incomes are beginning to show stronger growth....
...Two of the authors, Nick Bloom and John Van Reenen, had previously shown that US companies were, on average, better managed than foreign rivals....
...Professor John van Reenen, Centre for Economic Performance: It would have a negative effect on Scotland and the UK....
...What we now have is plan B, or even C. If UK private sector output can get back on its feet, there is no reason why fiscal tightening should not continue....
...Richard Jeffrey, Cazenove: I expect to see the economy gather modest momentum during 2014, although I also suspect that the pendulum may be swinging towards a degree of over-optimism....
...Professor John van Reenen, Centre for Economic Performance: Abolish Help to Buy....
...So yes, “Plan A” should continue to evolve into a Plan “C” for capital investment growth. Keith Wade, Schroders: “Plan A”? The Chancellor is on ‘plan C’!...
...John van Reenen, Centre for Economic Performance: The deficit reduction program has been going too far and too fast and next year looks much worse than this one....
...Eg implications for pensions, healthcare, social cohesion (cake not growing much) &c &c. It seems to me that much is implicitly premised on (r – g) being small....
...Richard Jeffrey, Cazenove: The MPC has lost virtually all credibility with regard to controlling inflation....
...Richard Jeffrey, Cazenove: I believe we need to have a rethink with regard to supply-side policy....
...Richard Jeffrey, Cazenove As suggested above, I believe the main risk facing the economy is the ongoing squeeze on real household incomes....
...John Van Reenen, LSE The severe damage to public services and infrastructure will become more and more apparent....
...Richard Jeffrey, Cazenove The most important area of policy that needs addressing is the operation of monetary policy....
...For every Fifth Avenue, there’s a Mumbai slum; for every Sorbonne, there’s a D.C. high school guarded by metal detectors....
...Richard Jeffrey, Cazenove Capital As suggested in the comments above, there are considerable risks to the economy from a further weakening in domestic demand....
...Jeffrey Immelt, chairman of General Electric, has made it clear that his promise of 10 per cent-plus growth in the conglomerate’s earnings in 2008 is driven by the fact that over half of its revenues come...
...Richard Jeffrey, Cazenove The loss of output will not be permanent. However, the process of recovery is likely to be somewhat tortuous....
...John C....
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