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...“Because we sit on a number of axis points on the motorway network there is a huge push in terms of investment for logistics,” said Melanie Beck, who runs MyMiltonKeynes, a council project financed by local...
...Bronwyn Curtis: The Bank of England will underestimate the level of inflation....
...Melanie Baker and Jacob Nell, UK economists, Morgan Stanley We expect inflation to rise through the BoE’s inflation target of 2% in March and to be close to 3% by end-17....
...Bronwyn Curtis, Society of Business Economists I don’t expect a change in the monetary policy stance in 2017....
...“In the end,” said Bronwyn Curtis, from the Society of Business Economists, “it comes down to money....
...Melanie Baker and Jacob Nell, UK economists, Morgan Stanley We think borrowing will increase....
...Melanie Baker and Jacob Nell, UK economists, Morgan Stanley Post Brexit, we expect the UK to tighten immigration controls to meet the government’s “tens of 1000s” target....
...Bronwyn Curtis, from the, Society of Business Economists It will slow by from 2.1% in 2016 to between 1.1% and 1.6% in 2017....
...Melanie Baker, Jacob Nell, Morgan Stanley We expect 50bp of rate rises by the end of 2016. We think the reflation story is working in the UK....
...Melanie Baker, Jacob Nell, Morgan Stanley c) is closest to our views. We continue to think that the OBR is too optimistic on the likely near-term path of GDP growth, and therefore on revenues....
...Melanie Baker, Jacob Nell, Morgan Stanley We think the UK recovery is robust and self-sustaining....
...Melanie Baker and Jacob Nell, Morgan Stanley The UK will struggle to maintain the same pace of growth....
...This would threaten to outweigh any wider benefits to the UK economy coming from cheaper imported goods Melanie Baker, Jacob Nell, Morgan Stanley A vote to leave could see the UK flirting with recession...
...Melanie Baker, Jacob Nell, Morgan Stanley We expect a rise in real household disposable income growth as the tightening labour market feeds through to rising pay, and inflation falls, thanks to lower food...
...Bridget Rosewell, Volterra Yes, the uncertainty will be bad for investment Bronwyn Curtis, OMFIF Yes....
...Bronwyn Curtis, OMFIF In the same way that it is difficult to measure the output gap, I’m not sure I know what full employment looks like in the UK post crisis....
...Bronwyn Curtis, OMFIF Growth in the UK should be “satisfactory” if we just take the overall number....
...Melanie Baker, Morgan Stanley We see a tug of war on the MPC between dovish “deflationists”, who are more worried about deflation, and hawkish “inflationists”, who are more worried about inflation....
...Bronwyn Curtis, OMFIF Yes. Any coalition will have trouble keeping to such a tight spending reduction....
...Bronwyn Curtis, HSBC There should be a Plan B even if they don’t use it....
...Bronwyn Curtis, HSBC The UK has the advantage that it has a flexible exchange rate and control over monetary policy, making it easier to withstand shocks than some of its European neighbours....
...Bronwyn Curtis, HSBC The recent stronger growth is deceptive as the level of output is still 3 per cent below the levels of 2007....
...Melanie Baker, Morgan Stanley In terms of control, lots of shocks can clearly affect current inflation....
...Bronwyn Curtis, HSBC The three main risks are: a) The growth impact of fiscal austerity especially the ability of the private sector to absorb the public sector lay-offs....
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