Hints and tips:
...Island Discs presenter Kirsty Young, whom he met at Babington House (another Soho offshoot) in 1998 and with whom he has two children, Freya, 21, and Iona, 15 (he has two older children, Natasha, 28, and Oliver...
...That strange world and its legacy is now stunningly brought to life in Lea Ypi’s Free....
...Gusbourne Brut Réserve 2015 England £33 Noble Green Wines, £38.95 Lea & Sandeman Quite fruity and accessible already, but with a dry finish....
...However, brands that might be expected to be in the index — Weetabix, HP Sauce, Lea & Perrins and Marmite — belong to multinationals or private equity firms. Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline owns Horlicks....
...Oliver Jones, economist, Fathom Consulting We expect the MPC to cut Bank Rate by a further 15 basis points to 0.1% by the end of 2017....
...Oliver Jones, economist, Fathom Consulting We expect inflation to rise to a little below 3% in mid-2017....
...Ruth Lea, economic adviser, Arbuthnot Banking Group Not very much....
...Oliver Jones, economist, Fathom Consulting The Chancellor is probably correct in his assessment that the UK would benefit from higher levels of investment....
...Oliver Jones, economist, Fathom Consulting A “closed-boarder” policy could push up wage and price inflation if implemented, but a softer approach looks most likely....
...Oliver Jones, economist, Fathom Consulting We expect growth in the UK to slow from 2.0% in 2016 to 0.8% in 2017....
...Oliver Jones, economist, Fathom Consulting Feel about the same as 12 months ago On the one hand, consumer confidence has held up, but one the other, ‘hard’ rather than ‘soft’ Brexit is on the cards....
...Ruth Lea, Arbuthnot Banking Group, Economic Adviser I do not expect the various measures to have much impact on the housing market....
...Oliver Jones, Economist, Fathom Consulting We expect the MPC to change neither Bank Rate nor the stock of QE during 2016....
...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)....
...Oliver Jones, Economist, Fathom Consulting Our greatest concern about the balance of Britain’s recovery is the Chancellor’s de facto mantra of ‘public debt bad, private debt good’....
...Oliver Jones, Economist, Fathom Consulting The UK is likely to secure another year of around 2% growth....
...Ruth Lea, Arbuthnot Banking Group, Economic Adviser There would be very little difference for 2016....
...Ruth Lea, Arbuthnot Banking Group: It is impossible to say how long rising employment can remain consistent with stagnant output....
...Oliver Hartwich, New Zealand Initiative: In the past, house prices were too high for two reasons: Cyclical and structural....
...Oliver Hartwich, New Zealand Initiative: Britain leaving the European Union must now be considered a realistic scenario. Economically, it depends on how such a move happens....
...Oliver Hartwich, New Zealand Initiative: There will be no economic recovery in 2013, least of all a sustained one....
...Ruth Lea, Arbuthnot Banking Group: I do not expect the Treasury to change the Bank’s monetary policy remit....
...Oliver Hartwich, New Zealand Initiative: There is no responsible alternative to deficit reduction. George Osborne should resist any temptation to deviate from consolidating the budget....
...Ruth Lea, Arbuthnot Banking Group: The most direct way of improving credit would be to relax the tight capital adequacy requirements for banks....
...Ruth Lea, Arbuthnot Banking group: The Autumn Statement said that the Government will introduce a National Loan Guarantee Scheme, with up to £20bn of government guarantees for bank lending, allowing banks...
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