Hints and tips:
...Vicente Archer on double bass and Bill Stewart on drums provide inspiration and support, and the guitarist’s commanding form makes each bend, whine and gentle strum count....
...The protagonist here is Grace Archer, and she has bitter personal experience of serial killers, having escaped from one decades ago....
...It has also bled into other media, said Phil Dudderidge, the former Led Zeppelin sound engineer who founded Focusrite and remains its chairman....
...Phil Thornton: There will be a lot of political noises about levelling up....
...“Let’s see whether Phil is here, the sommelier.” Phil appears to be absent, so Piot takes charge. The FT is paying and I’m happy to see his eyes shift to the bottom half of the wine list....
...Howard Archer: We suspect that the fundamentals for households will be reasonably decent in 2020 but probably not quite as good as in 2019....
...Phil Thornton, director, Clarity Economics Oh dear — we are back to Brexit....
...Howard Archer, chief economic adviser, EY ITEM Club I expect the Bank of England to raise interest rates once in 2018 — by 25 basis points from 0.5 per cent to 0.75 per cent in the fourth quarter....
...Phil Thornton, director, Clarity Economics Some but not much. See answer to question about consumption....
...Phil Thornton, director, Clarity Economics The pressure on consumer spending has come from a fall in real wages (as inflation has risen faster than wages)....
...According to Lord Moynihan: “Phil’s first step was always to draft a cash flow statement, by hand.”...
...Howard Archer, Chief Economic Adviser, EY ITEM Club I expect the UK economy to grow 1.4 per cent in 2018, which will be a lacklustre performance compared to other countries....
...Phil Thornton, director, Clarity Economics More optimistic than 12 months ago....
...Phil Thornton, director, Clarity Economics Inflation will rise more sharply than it has as hedging contracts and firms ability to hold prices down to retain customers will both run out....
...Phil Thornton, director, Clarity Economics The direct impacts will be minimal....
...Howard Archer, chief European and uk economist, IHS Global Insight Philip Hammond is expecting government borrowing to fall in 2017....
...Phil Thornton, director, Clarity Economics The BoE is right to see rates as likely to rise as to fall as the risks are perfectly balanced....
...Phil Thornton, director, Clarity Economics Immigration is likely to rise as people who want to come to the UK will do so while they can....
...Phil Thornton, director, Clarity Economics Growth is likely to fall to perhaps half the pace in 2016....
...Howard Archer, chief European and uk economist, IHS Global Insight More pessimistic than 12 months ago I suspect the UK faces a prolonged period of uncertainty as it will likely be many years before the...
...Howard Archer, Chief European & UK Economist, IHS Global Insight We doubt that the government policies will have a major impact on housing supply and demand in 2016....
...Howard Archer, Chief European & UK Economist, IHS Global Insight We believe the Bank of England is more likely than not to raise interest rates by mid-2016 (we expect a move in May)....
...Howard Archer, Chief European & UK Economist, IHS Global Insight a) struggle to impose his planned spending cuts and revenues will fall short of expectations We suspect that the Chancellor will find it...
...Phil Thornton, lead consultant, Clarity Economics The UK should see another year of 'decent' growth of at or above a trend rate of 2.25% for another year as long as nothing upsets the apple cart....
...Phil Thornton, Lead consultant, Clarity Economics The main concern is the lack of balance of two-speed nature of the recovery....
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