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...The opening of the border would also be crucial to the recovery of US cities where footfall has remained low, said Peter Kern, chief executive of Expedia....
...David Kern, consultant economist at Kern Consulting: No. The UK recovery will be slower than that of the US: it will be in line with that of the EU....
...David Kern, consultant economist, Kern Consulting Consumer price inflation is likely to rise steadily during 2017. reaching around 2.5% in the final quarter of the year....
...David Kern, consultant economist, Kern Consulting I believe the MPC will have to start tightening policy during 2017, with the first increase in Bank Rate likely to occur around the middle of the year...
...David Kern, consultant economist, Kern Consulting Many of Donald Trump’ s economic policies, ie cutting business taxes and reducing significantly the regulatory burden on businesses, will boost US & global...
...David Kern, consultant economist, Kern Consulting Philip Hammond will use the additional headroom for more borrowing, mainly focusing on infrastructure investment aimed to raise the UK’s productive potential...
...David Kern, consultant economist, Kern Consulting I expect UK GDP to grow by 1.8% in 2017, slightly slower than in 2016 but much stronger than the current consensus predicts....
...David Kern, consultant economist, Kern Consulting Feel about the same as 12 months ago The initial negative consequences of Brexit (mainly due to higher uncertainty) will be temporary, and will be much...
...Kevin Daly of Goldman Sachs said the drop was in line with the BoE’s latest forecast, which suggests falls towards 1.5 per cent in the coming months....
...David Kern, British Chamber of Commerce UK real earnings are already in positive territory and the positive trend should strengthen next year....
...David Kern, British Chamber of Commerce I expect the UK unemployment rate to fall from 6.0 per cent now to 5.5 per cent by the end of 2015, a level only slightly higher than the jobless rate recorded before...
...David Kern, British Chamber of Commerce UK GDP growth will almost certainly slow in 2015, from the 3 per cent pace expected in 2014....
...David Kern, British Chamber of Commerce Some slippage in the current deficit reduction plans is highly likely whatever the result of the UK election....
...Kevin Daly, Goldman Sachs We expect the BoE to raise interest rates for the first time in 2015 Q4....
...David Kern, British Chamber of Commerce: The productivity puzzle is the consequence of the UK’s effective choice to accept lower wages and lower productivity, so as to reduce unemployment increases during...
...In California, the $2.8bn Kern County Employees’ Retirement Association has a 6 per cent commodities allocation....
...Kevin Daly, Goldman Sachs: We expect unemployment to fall to the BoE’s 7 per cent threshold in mid-2014 but that the MPC will not begin to raise interest rates until mid-2015....
...Kevin Daly, Goldman Sachs: We are broadly optimistic about the medium-term outlook....
...David Kern, British Chamber of Commerce: By and large, plan A has been vindicated by recent developments. Plan A has not been the main reason for the economy’s weak recovery following the recession....
...David Kern, British Chamber of Commerce: The UK economy will grow by at least 2.7 per cent in calendar year 2014, almost double the growth in 2013....
...David Kern, BCC chief economist: The “productivity puzzle” will not be fully resolved in 2013....
...Kevin Daly, Goldman Sachs: We do not think that house prices are overvalued....
...Kevin Daly, Goldman Sachs: We expect the UK economy to grow by +1.4% next year....
...David Kern, BCC chief economist: The Treasury should certainly initiate a public debate on the monetary regime, but should not rush to replace the BoE’s current remit....
...David Kern, BCC chief economist: The original “Plan A” has already been significantly modified....
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