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...Berry Bros & Rudd’s Burgundy buyer Adam Bruntlett points out that, “Mâconnais wines generally are less popular at en primeur time.”...
...Today the palazzo’s top floors are filled with the clamour of the fourth generation; Cristiana’s granddaughter Coco is here, with her three daughters in tow – Nina, 13, Lea, 10, and Cora, six....
...Safin’s lair is certainly quite something, a bravura nod back to the genius of late production designer Ken Adam....
...That strange world and its legacy is now stunningly brought to life in Lea Ypi’s Free....
...run-of-the-mill Premiers Crus are slightly in limbo in that there is little or no likely secondary market for them but they still cost so much — approaching £100 a bottle — that, as Berry’s burgundy buyer Adam...
...Cry freedom: As the UK government prepares to present details for a future outside the EU, Ruth Lea argues that only a hard Brexit can bring the freedom Britain requires....
...The OECD and G20 are leading global efforts to reform rules and clamp down on aggressive tax avoidance since the global financial crisis....
...Adam Posen, president, Peterson Institute for International Economics I think that is the right assessment, an honest self-assessment....
...Ruth Lea, economic adviser, Arbuthnot Banking Group I expect inflation to rise to about 2½%, though much will depend on oil prices, as well as the exchange rate....
...Adam Posen, president, Peterson Institute for International Economics He should use the room because cyclically adjusted there is no real expansion, and the economy can use a bit of stimulus, especially...
...Ruth Lea, economic adviser, Arbuthnot Banking Group Not very much....
...Adam Posen, president, Peterson Institute for International Economics I do not know how much it will change....
...Adam Posen, president, Peterson Institute for International Economics By 0.75-1.0 per cent (real yoy)....
...Adam Posen, president, Peterson Institute for International Economics More optimistic than 12 months ago I was so dreadfully pessimistic that I overshot in my expectations of gilt sell-off....
...Ashwin Kumar, Director, Liverpool Economics I suspect that there will be tension between higher inflation and low wage growth which will lead to further delays to monetary tightening Ruth Lea, Arbuthnot...
...Ruth Lea, Arbuthnot Banking Group, Economic Adviser I do not expect the various measures to have much impact on the housing market....
...Ruth Lea, Arbuthnot Banking Group, Economic Adviser I choose option [c]. Osborne seems to have the political will to cut as he has planned (this is a political judgment)....
...Ruth Lea, Arbuthnot Banking Group, Economic Adviser There would be very little difference for 2016....
...Ruth Lea, Arbuthnot Banking Group, Economic Adviser External factors, especially ongoing weakness in the Eurozone (note the UK is less exposed to emerging markets than some other countries, eg Germany)....
...Ruth Lea, Arbuthnot Banking Group, Economic Adviser It should be reasonably easy to achieve decent growth in 2016....
...Georgina Adam is art market editor-at-large of The Art Newspaper...
...Ruth Lea, Arbuthnot Securities I think it’s time the Bank began to start raising rates now....
...Ruth Lea, Arbuthnot Securities Not really....
...Adam Posen, Director Peterson Institute No, the UK will not reach full employment in 2015....
...Adam Posen, Director Peterson Institute I believe that UK households will do better on real income in 2015 than in most recent years....
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