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...Apollo saw investors stepping back over its founder Leon Black’s links to the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, while Robert Smith, the founder of Vista Equity Partners, admitted to hiding $200m from the...
...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...
...Andrew Smith, Chief Economic Adviser, Industry Forum The world (ex UK) is enjoying a synchronised — and hence to an extent self-fuelling — upswing....
...So unless the recession materialises, the depreciation would lead to inflation, and on past behaviour I’d have expected a tightening....
...Don Smith, deputy chief investment officer, Brown Shipley b) will struggle to impose his planned spending cuts but revenues will remain on target or better; There is a good chance that GDP growth will...
..., the arts, R&D and patents, and retraining our work force....
...Jonathan Haskel, professor of economics, Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London I’d expect it to slow a bit, but only a bit....
...That’d mean a sharp fall in sterling and the price of UK assets....
...Globally, about $1tn worth of new energy projects or 7.5m b/d of new production may be put on hold because prices are too low....
...Nevertheless, I am worried about the destabilising impact of (a) a possible Brexit and (b) possible future terrorist attacks. These are discussed below....
...Costas Milas, Liverpool University I expect (a) the unemployment rate to drop to (approximately) 5.2 per cent to 5.3 per cent in 2015 and (b) the output gap to hit zero....
...Andrew Smith, economist We are looking at asymmetric risks and pay-offs....
...Andrew Smith, economist Any improvement is likely to be slow, gradual and uneven....
...David B....
...David B. Smith, Shadow MPC: The housing market needs to be restrained by a normalisation of interest rates and an aggressive relaxation of supply restrictions, not regulatory fiat....
...David B. Smith, Shadow MPC: The recovery should prove sustainable, provided that nothing too adverse happens overseas – which is a vital proviso....
...Richard Jeffrey, Cazenove: I do not believe that forward guidance is a positive step....
...If housing investment rose to a desirable level, GDP could be 4 percentage points higher. I’d argue that Eric Pickles’ priorities: 1. Localism, 2. Localism, 3....
...Andrew Smith, KPMG: Rather concerned....
...David B Smith, University of Derby Firstly, the main domestic risk is the unsustainable fiscal position, and the fact that the political class as a whole has not prepared the populace for the harsh fiscal...
...The staff in question being SEC lawyer Jeffrey B. Norris, by all accounts....
...David B Smith, University of Derby There are many distinct regional property markets and it is not always appropriate to generalise....
...David B Smith, University of Derby This is not the best time to make firm predictions because of the likelihood of significant revisions when the detailed third quarter national accounts are released just...
...I’d prefer a tight fiscal/loose money mix....
...David B Smith, University of Derby Britain’s strong performance partly reflected the ‘crowding in’ benefits of the tight fiscal discipline of the 1997-2000 ‘Prudence’ period, and also the fiscal stabilisation...
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