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...“Interest rates are set to remain low for a time long enough that we can reconsider what we do with fiscal policy,” Ms Boone said....
...However, Ms Boone noted that “a striking feature of the outlook is the absence of correlation between the extent of fiscal support and the resulting economic performance” — this suggests “not all measures...
...Laurence Boone, the OECD’s chief economist, this month said countries should not start “tightening” fiscal policy by raising taxes or cutting public spending “in the one to two years following the trough...
...If, as Ms Boone argues, it now falls to governments to step forward instead, this would entail some potentially serious changes to the unpopular and labyrinthine SGP....
...Boone added....
...Boone said....
...Bankruptcies last month marked a slowdown from the middle of the summer when filings were at their highest, according to figures from law firm Haynes & Boone, but they climbed again nonetheless....
...Investors will be hesitant to take operators’ pledges on faith alone, says Ms Hollub. “It’s going to be a ‘show me’ situation with them.”...
...Payments were deferred for three months but the council has now started chasing the school, said Ms Dancaster....
...It is “a superb political opportunity because it kills two birds with one stone”, according to Ms Boone....
...“The only actor that is actively correcting the divergence across the euro area is the ECB,” said Laurence Boone, chief economist at the OECD, told the EUI conference....
...UK prime minister Boris Johnson said his country aspired to be the “Saudi Arabia of wind power” — a metaphor oilman T Boone Pickens and other Americans have used in the past....
...This was “down from the 3.5 per cent rate projected a year ago and the weakest since the global financial crisis”, Ms Boone said....
...“I don’t see a big change in American attitudes toward foreign oil supplies, which Americans — from the president down — want to minimise,” says Ms O’Sullivan....
...In the event of a shock to aggregate demand, “we need fiscal support”, Ms Boone said....
...In Britain, Ms Boone said that if the UK left the EU without a deal, “there was a high probability we get into recession”....
...Despite central banks’ stimulus efforts “it is very difficult to be resilient to what has been happening on the trade side”, Ms Boone said....
...Ms Boone called for concerted action by eurozone governments, including fiscal stimulus from those with such scope, to restore growth and boost job creation....
...You can push things too far, not understanding how the other side will react,” Ms Croft said....
...Fiscal stimulus will be scaled back, which is appropriate,” said Ms Boone....
...“Five years on, we should be seeing fewer people with bailiff problems, not more,” said Ms Guy....
...But Ms Vestager struggled to shine. Outside her familiar policy areas, like tax and competition, the Dane was overshadowed by her rivals on migration, climate and unemployment....
...Laurence Boone Chief economist of the OECD....
...Ms Boussour acknowledged that even the US economy — the main anchor for global growth — could be vulnerable to a sharp slowdown in its main trading partners....
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