Hints and tips:
...Samuel Tombs: The MPC probably has done enough already to bring CPI inflation back to the 2 per cent target within the next two years....
...Households also started to hoard cash again as they did during the national lockdown in the spring. In October, households’ bank deposits increased £12.3bn, the largest amount since May....
...“On paper, the potential exists for a period of strong spending, fuelled by households running down their accumulated savings,” said Samuel Tombs, at the consultancy Pantheon Macroeconomics....
...Samuel Tombs, chief UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said that the GDP figures would “fan expectations” that the BoE’s next move will be to cut rates....
...Samuel Tombs, chief UK economist, Pantheon Macroeconomics Labour shortages and the recent reduction in hard Brexit risk should spur firms to increase investment in 2018....
...Dorn (Letters, September 4), in response to Samuel Brittan, makes an important point about printing money – that you cannot print your way to prosperity....
...Samuel Brittan, Financial Times: Still puzzling! Peter Dixon, Commerzbank: Pretty much the same question we are asking now: How do we explain the puzzle?...
...As they hoard capital in response, credit is rapidly becoming both scarcer and more expensive....
...Samuel Brittan, Financial Times: Low and negative demand growth. There would be great scope with more expansionary demand policy....
...Samuel Brittan: Simple truths about the economy The truth is sometimes simple, however elaborate the detail, writes Brittan....
...They tend to be somewhat perfectionist, very conscientious, perhaps somewhat rigid in their routines, maybe slightly unemotional, tending to collect and hoard, and maybe having high morals and standards....
...Also displayed are treasures from Mellon’s hoard of illustrated books. As one takes in this rich show, it seems incredible that these works were ever neglected....
...Why, his hoard of ballads, prints and trade cards is preserved in no less distinguished an institution than Magdalene College, Cambridge....
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