Hints and tips:
...Against a backdrop in which the role of inheritance, according to Demos, a think-tank, is becoming ever more important....
...Kitty Ussher , chief economist, Demos In the first half of the year, we won't see a Boris bounce so much as a “certainty surge”, with consumer sentiment buoyed by the end of parliamentary deadlock, a generous...
...David Goodhart, Demos: It would be a big economic shock and would produce a huge number of uncertainties....
...That kind of behaviour, though it’s not necessarily ill-intentioned, can happen when people aren’t looking closely,” said Mr Samuels....
...Samuel Brittan, Financial Times: Still puzzling! Peter Dixon, Commerzbank: Pretty much the same question we are asking now: How do we explain the puzzle?...
...David Goodhart, Demos: The London housing market is close to overheating but to restrain it risks damaging the rest of the country....
...Samuel Brittan, Financial Times: No and no. Peter Dixon, Commerzbank: No. Given that two of the rating agencies stripped the UK of its AAA rating, plan A can hardly be deemed a success....
...Samuel Brittan, Financial Times: Not much for bulk of year....
...Samuel Brittan, Financial Times: All upswings end in tears, but for unforeseeably different reasons....
...Samuel Brittan, Financial Times: Yes, yes....
...David Goodhart, Demos: We don’t have enough houses which helps to keep prices higher than they should be....
...Sir Samuel Brittan, Financial Times: Surprisingly long. I am supposed to say employment will give, but am reluctant to follow herd....
...Sir Samuel Brittan, Financial Times: No such luck....
...Sir Samuel Brittan, Financial Times: Between flat-lining and very slow rise. George Magnus, Economic adviser to UBS: I would say next to no chance....
...Sir Samuel Brittan, Financial Times: Osborne will continue to massage Plan A. He shouldn’t, but he will....
...David Goodhart, Demos: The problem was caused by a credit crunch but has evolved into a sort of low consumption/low investment crisis of confidence....
...Sir Samuel Brittan, Financial Times: Remit will change slowly and reluctantly. It certainly should....
...Samuel Brittan: Mistaken Marxist moments During almost every one of the periodic crises that affect mercantile economies, voices are raised saying “Marx was right after all”....
...Simon Samuels, banking analyst at Barclays Capital, said that the tests were focused on the risks to interbank funding markets, not to shareholders, who learnt little to change their view of the level of...
...Diddy, listening to a demo tape the actor has brought into his studio, gives the camera a look that says, “Am I really hearing this? Is there an escape tunnel available?”...
...Pawel Swieboda is director of demos-Europa – Centre for European Strategy and Scott Salembier is an analyst with CEEMarketWatch...
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