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...“It is abundantly clear that a change of leadership is required,” says Samuel Johar, chair of board advisory group Buchanan Harvey....
...“The key issue now is about sustaining momentum and continuing to build upon progress,” says Vanessa Peterson, associate editor at Frieze art magazine....
...Samuel Tombs, chief UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said a surge in energy prices was the main cause of the country’s difficulties....
...According to Samuel Tombs, chief UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, demand for new homes “looks set to fall” because of sharp declines in households’ disposable income and rising mortgage rates....
...data “surely quashes any remaining chance that the Monetary Policy Committee might raise the bank rate by [half a percentage point] next month, though a [quarter-point] hike still looks likely”, added Samuel...
...Adam Posen, president at Peterson Institute: Worse....
...(FT) Join Peter Spiegel, Lauren Fedor and Michael Peterson from the Peter G Peterson Foundation for the next in the FT's New Economic Reality series. Register and tune in on October 26 at 12pm....
...“Conversations so far have been kept within the very small group of representatives of Barings, Samuel Montagu, Warburgs and ourselves,” he wrote to Cromer of the other banks involved....
...Samuel Tombs: 2022 will be the year of peak fiscal pain....
...Next he brings out a photograph by Samuel Fosso, born in Cameroon in 1962 and raised in Nigeria from which the Biafran War forced his family to flee to the Central African Republic where he still lives....
...Samuel Tombs, Pantheon Macroeconomics, Chief UK economist Monetary policy is likely to tighten faster than markets currently expect, with Bank Rate probably rising to 1% by the end of 2016....
...Samuel Tombs, Pantheon Macroeconomics, Chief UK economist A Brexit would subdue investment and exports immediately, even if it took time for the terms of the UK’s exit to be negotiated....
...Adam Posen, President, Peterson Institute for International Economics c) succeed in cutting spending, but revenues will fall short The spending cuts will drive down revenues through multiplier effects...
...Samuel Tombs, Pantheon Macroeconomics, Chief UK economist The recovery is likely to exacerbate existing structural weaknesses — such as inadequate household saving and a bloated current account deficit...
...Adam Posen, President, Peterson Institute for International Economics Pretty easily. The fiscal tightening to come will not kick in for several months....
...Samuel Brittan, who recently retired as the FT’s economic commentator after almost 50 years, warned that much would depend on the timing....
...Barbara Kotschwar, a trade and Pacific Alliance expert at the Washington-based Peterson Institute for International Economics, argues that the flurry of mega trade negotiations is likely to result in one...
...Adam Posen, Director Peterson Institute No, the UK will not reach full employment in 2015....
...Sir Samuel Brittan Roughly in line with growth in the absence of shocks....
...Adam Posen, director, Peterson Institute Yes, Britain’s economy will sustain decent growth, meaning above 2 per cent....
...Adam Posen, Peterson Institute That is the MPC’s mandate when the financial system or real economy are not in crisis, which thankfully they aren’t now....
...Adam Posen, director Peterson Institute Yes, and Yes....
...“Samuel Johnson said: ‘Nothing focuses the mind like a hanging’,” said Gary Hufbauer, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute. “For the WTO, [Bali] is as close as you get to a hanging....
...Samuel Brittan: ‘More Europe’ is a mindless slogan David Cameron’s veto of the proposed new European constitution was the right decision, possibly for the wrong reasons, writes FT columnist Samuel Brittan...
...For the IMF, this programme represents a squandered opportunity, writes the author, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute....
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