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...The ruling adds to pressure on the agency and marks the second time it has been told to review the Tinsley contacts....
...There is no suggestion his departure is related to the Tinsley affair....
...No case started under Ms Osofsky’s tenure, who marks two years in office this month, has resulted in charges and there are no new bribery and corruption cases listed in the courts....
...The verdict includes $1bn in punitive damages against J&J and DePuy, a subsidiary, as well as $30m in actual damages for the plaintiffs, according to Mark Lanier, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs....
...David Tinsley, an economist at UBS, said that while in the short run “a rush to beat stamp duty on buy-to-let properties will support the market, after April the market could look soggier”....
...As UBS economist David Tinsley pointed out on Sunday, “the most likely barometer of uncertainty is the currency” — the pound this week hit a seven-year low....
...Mark Carney, the BoE governor, said in the summer that a decision about when to raise rates will come “into sharper relief” at the start of next year....
...Mark Carney, governor, said the Bank of England had limited tools to raise productivity growth....
...The UK’s headline rate of inflation fell to 0.5 per cent in December, triggering a letter from Bank of England Governor Mark Carney to Chancellor George Osborne explaining why inflation has moved so far...
...Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, said the fall of more than 40 per cent in oil prices since June was unambiguously good news for the UK....
...While still well above the 50 mark, which separates expansion from contraction, the index dropped more than expected to 56.2 in October from 58.7....
...He was echoed by others, with David Tinsley, an economist at UBS, saying that while the data were disappointing “we aren’t alarmed”, adding he was “relatively optimistic this will prove to be temporary period...
...David Tinsley, UK and European Economist UBS The UK economy should secure another year of 'decent' growth relatively easily. By decent I mean in excess of 2.0% annual average....
...David Tinsley, UK and European economist, UBS Monetary policy should look tighter....
...David Tinsley, UK economist at BNP Paribas, said the numbers looked like a “good old-fashioned UK inflation shock” and solidified the case for some “preventive moves” on interest rates....
...David Tinsley, UK economist at BNP Paribas, said the investment numbers were the “standout good news story” and the recovery was looking “increasingly broad based”....
...As a minimum, question marks will remain over the already much-delayed rollout timetable....
...David Tinsley, an economist at BNP Paribas, said nonetheless that: “Governor Carney’s speech and the June minutes look like a recalibration of the MPC’s communication strategy, in an attempt to make a hike...
...Mark Miller, Economist Intelligence Unit If a referendum on EU membership were called, this would likely affect the outlook for the UK economy....
...September’s purchasing managers’ index, compiled by Markit and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply, was 60.3, slightly lower than August’s seven-year high but well above the 50 figure that marks...
...David Tinsley, BNP Paribas “Overall, the report could be read certainly as relatively ‘hawkish’....
...David Tinsley, UBS Well the unemployment rate will continue to fall, though we are not convinced it will reach is ‘equilibrium’ rate in 2015....
...David Tinsley, UBS Households should see a fairly significant improvement in their finances. There are tentative signs that wage growth is picking up....
...David Tinsley, UBS Yes the UK should maintain a decent pace of growth. Our annual forecast is for growth of 2.6 per cent in 2015....
...David Tinsley, UBS Our view is that the Bank of England should and will raise interest rates in August....
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