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...Well-worn news footage of policemen heaving protesting youngsters around, Sandie Shaw moaning about being frustrated and The Who refreshingly cynical about their work (“Steer clear of quality and you’re...
...“The trend now is to close higher-cost plants and [to] improve the efficiency of lower-cost ones,” said Andy Shaw, base metals analyst at Credit Suisse....
...Jazz Voice prides itself on the breadth of its vocal stylists; this year’s included Americana from Lucinda Bell, svelte precision from Norma Winstone and Ian Shaw, and belting soul from Mary Pearce....
...Mr Shaw said the comments on banking, which have not appeared in minutes for some time, may reflect concerns about proposals to “ringfence” retail banking from other, riskier activities....
...Philip Shaw, economist at Investec, noted that for the month, the rise in CPI was 0.1 per cent. Had every retailer passed on the VAT rise, that would have been at least 1.5 per cent, he said....
...Philip Shaw, economist at Investec, said this might even cause the MPC to postpone the expected rate rise in May....
...“It is the first time that two members have voted for a hike since they last raised rates in July 2007,” said Philip Shaw, economist at Investec....
...“December’s MPC minutes had a more hawkish slant to them this month,” said Philip Shaw, economist at Investec, noting that no other MPC member was yet prepared to join Andrew Sentance in openly calling for...
...Philip Shaw, economist at Investec, said the strength of the survey is helping to dispel the suspicion that the improvement in orders is simply a reversal in trend towards whittling down inventories, a trend...
...Philip Shaw, economist at Investec, said in an economy with as much spare capacity as the UK is estimated to have, the price of services ought to be headed down, not up....
...Philip Shaw, economist at Investec Securities, said the lift from a 0.2 per cent rise in GDP for the third quarter would be mostly psychological and unlikely to lead to more spending or jobs....
...Philip Shaw, economist at Investec Securities, said it was possible the MPC may increase the size of the programme as soon as next month....
...Philip Shaw, economist at Investec Securities, said: “The committee noted various improvements in the economic data . . . but concluded that these movements might prove ‘ephemeral’....
...Philip Shaw, economist at Investec Securities, said it was too early to say whether or not QE was working as intended – the most recent lending data from March suggest it is having little effect at all –...
...Philip Shaw, economist at Investec Securities, noted that overall the UK remained a nation of net borrowers, meaning that far more cash is out on loan than tucked away in deposits....
...Philip Shaw of Investec Securities, said: “My hunch is that there will be a large amount of hoarding....
...More-over, the UK’s household sector is a net borrower, paying £2.1bn ($3bn) in the third quarter last year, so very low rates give households more cash to spend, as Philip Shaw, economist at Investec Securities...
...Philip Shaw, an economist at Investec Securities, noted that the size of the asset purchase programme could have a significant effect on bond prices....
...Moreover, Philip Shaw, economist at Investec Securities, said that the drop in sterling by 13.5 per cent on a trade weighted basis may cause prove disquieting to some MPC members....
...Philip Shaw, economist at Investec, said the UK was experiencing a destocking recession as companies slowed production to work off the high levels of inventory built up through 2007 and early 2008....
...The pace of the decline in the fourth quarter made it likely that GDP was also contracting much faster than it did in the three months to September, according to Philip Shaw, economist at Investec Securities...
...“Market conditions look horrible,” said Philip Shaw, economist at Investec Securities....
...Mr Shaw, who, like Mr Saunders at Citi, previously believed inflation was too high to allow a 2008 rate cut, is now forecasting a quarter point cut this week and another by year end....
...Philip Shaw, economist at Investec Securities, pronounced the results “truly dire”, noting that without the contribution from public sector spending, GDP would have contracted by 0.8 per cent....
...Philip Shaw, economist at Investec Securities, notes the MPC is most likely to act on rates, in either direction, in a month when an inflation report is issued....
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