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...South Africa’s Modern and contemporary successes — Gerard Sekoto, William Kentridge, Zanele Muholi and Cinga Samson — are also in the sale....
...She was pleased to note that the more cosmopolitan crowd still served their French artists well — her early sales included works by Philippe Cognée (€60,000-€80,000) and Gérard Garouste (€95,000), as well...
...During the same week, Christie’s has two collections of Modern and contemporary art on offer — from the Paris arts publisher Alain Bouret, who died in 2011, and the Dutch businessman Gerard Valkier, who...
...Gerard Lyons: The Bank of England has badly misjudged the persistence of inflation in the UK....
...Sometime between 1940 and 1942, this representative sold the Manet, which went via the Belgian dealer Raphaël Gérard (also known to deal in looted works) to Hildebrand Gurlitt in 1944....
...Gérard Araud, former French ambassador to the US, thinks Europe is as “terrified” at the idea of a Bernie Sanders presidency as much as second Trump term....
...The top lot at Bonhams’ auction on September 12 was “Portrait of a Man (Lentswana)” (c1942-47) by Gerard Sekoto (1913-93), which went for £310,000 (£380,750 with fees) against an estimate of £100,000-£150,000...
...Other exhibitors, such as Wienerroither & Kohlbacher and Maison Gerard, are more open, either including exact prices or committing to a range, such as “between $10,000 and $50,000”....
...Dutch Old Masters specialist Johnny van Haeften said he was thrilled to have sold three works early on, including “The Card Players” by Gerard Terboch (1617-1681) for around £2.5m....
...Repetto is one of them, also avant-garde design-art space Sarah Myerscough, Hong Kong contemporary gallery Gérard Lasés and two jewellery designers, Suzanne Syz and Hemmerle....
...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....
...Gerard Lyons, chief economic strategist at Netwealth Investments, still sees many opportunities from Brexit especially in the City of London....
...Melanie Baker and Jacob Nell, UK economists, Morgan Stanley We expect the MPC to cut rates to 0.10% in May — a final cut to the new lower bound....
...Melanie Baker, Jacob Nell, Morgan Stanley We think the UK recovery is robust and self-sustaining....
...Gerard Lyons, chief economic strategist, Netwealth Investments The weaker pound will contribute to higher inflation in 2017 because of increased import prices....
...Melanie Baker and Jacob Nell, UK economists, Morgan Stanley We think borrowing will increase....
...Melanie Baker and Jacob Nell, UK economists, Morgan Stanley We expect growth to halve from 2 per cent in 2016 to 1 per cent in 2017 in a “slowburn slowdown”....
...Gerard Lyons, Chief Economic Advisor to The Mayor of London Boris Johnson One shock absorber in the recession was wages, not unemployment, as in previous cycles....
...Melanie Baker, Morgan Stanley We think that a Brexit referendum would increase uncertainty and have a negative impact on investment....
...Gerard Lyons, Chief Economic Advisor to The Mayor of London Boris Johnson The Bank of England should not hike in 2015. The interaction between MIP, MAP and MOP is important in 2015....
...Melanie Baker and Jacob Nell, Morgan Stanley There are so many government policies on housing that it is difficult to be confident about the net impact....
...Gerard Lyons, Chief economic adviser to Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, (A) The question assumes the outcome of a Referendum will be a Brexit....
...Gerard Lyons, Chief economic adviser to Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London No change, but I think the Bank will have a bias to tighten....
...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 and Jacob Nell, Morgan Stanley The UK will struggle to maintain the same pace of growth....
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