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...Last Wednesday, in a small ceremony in the French mountain town of Briançon, Yorkshire-born climber Paul Ramsden received his fifth Piolet d’Or, or golden ice axe — the Academy Award of mountaineering....
...Australia: January CPI inflation rate data Hong Kong: financial secretary Paul Chan Mo-po presents the 2024-25 Budget to the Legislative Council....
...Sir Dave Ramsden, BoE deputy governor for markets, has said he expected the scale of quantitative tightening over the next 12 months to exceed £80bn....
...But Dave Ramsden, the only member of the MPC who has spoken publicly since the latest inflation data, struck a hawkish note, saying earlier this month that inflation “remains much too high” and underlining...
...Paul Dales, economist at Capital Economics, said that while the slide in inflation was unlikely to deter the BoE from increasing rates next month, “it may tilt the balance towards a 25 basis points hike...
...Paul Hollingsworth, chief European economist at BNP Paribas, said: “While we do not think that a decision is imminent, more hawkish ECB members might be willing to accept a lower terminal rate if it allows...
...Dave Ramsden, the BoE’s deputy governor for markets, appeared last Wednesday to caution investors against over-interpreting the latest inflation print....
...The more hawkish members — such as Dave Ramsden and Jonathan Haskel — have argued that tightening should be front-loaded to bring inflation expectations under control and could vote for a bigger rise....
...“In short, the Bank has indicated it will raise rates further to offset some of the boost to demand from the government’s fiscal plans,” said Paul Dales, chief UK economist at Capital Economics....
...The MPC hasn’t delivered a 5-4 split since 2007, when Paul Tucker, Charles Bean, Rachel Lomax and Danny Blanchflower voted against a rate hike....
...“If necessary we need to take action to prevent that kind of persistence setting in,” said Dave Ramsden, a BoE deputy governor, last month....
...Paul Dales, chief UK economist at Capital Economics, challenged the BoE’s view that the rise in prices was simply a case of price cuts during the pandemic reversing....
...Sir Dave Ramsden, deputy governor for markets and banking, and Michael Saunders, an external MPC member, have also struck a hawkish note....
...Café de Paris, a 96-year-old nightclub in London’s West End shut its doors for good in December, while Mayfair’s Conduit Club, which counted former Unilever boss Paul Polman among its members, closed in...
...Adding fuel to the rally were comments from Dave Ramsden, deputy governor for markets and banking at the Bank of England, who said now was not the “right time” for negative interest rates in the UK....
...Paul Hollingsworth, economist at BNP Paribas, argues that with a shaky global backdrop, and an increasing risk of uncertainty becoming entrenched, “the overall tone is likely to be cautious” — but that the...
...In contrast, BofA chief financial officer Paul Donofrio said on Tuesday that consumer spending and the US economy had both slowed “modestly”....
...Paul Polman: numbers game Is Paul Polman losing his grip of the numbers?...
...Fellow DG Dave Ramsden might have joined him, but for a (possibly apocryphal) BoE directive that it would be too risky for both men to be exposed to mortal danger at the same time....
...Dave Ramsden: euro file Dave Ramsden might be feeling a bit sore. On the face of it, he’s got plenty of cause to be pleased with himself....
...Ranjit Boparan, owner of the 2 Sisters food group and Harry Ramsden restaurants, is finalising a pre-pack agreement with Bernard Matthews’ private equity owner, Rutland Partners, according to a person familiar...
...Giraffe, which Tesco bought for £49m in 2013, is expected to be sold to BoparanVentures Limited, an investment vehicle that owns several UK restaurant businesses including chip-shop chain Harry Ramsden’s...
...Additional reporting by Paul McClean in London...
...Paul McClean Earnings Accenture Q3 $1.405 ($1.30) BlackBerry Q1 -$0.072 (-$0.05) DS Smith FY 26.08p (24.30p) Results forecasts, from Thomson Reuters, are for fully diluted, post-tax EPS in local currency...
...She brought up four children (a son, Paul, to Skeaping, and the triplets, Simon, Rachel and Sarah, to Nicholson)....
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