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...The city was the scene of deadly protests after police shot Jacob Blake, a local black resident, on August 23....
...This has been the week of CERAWeek, IHS Market’s mammoth conference in Houston, described by Neil Chatterjee, chairman of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, as “the Super Bowl of energy”....
...Prof David Blake Roger Bootle Ryan Bourne Prof Tim Congdon Prof Kevin Dowd Martin Howe QC Prof Graeme Leach Warwick Lightfoot Dr Gerard Lyons Neil MacKinnon Prof Kent Matthews Prof Patrick Minford...
...Neil Blake, head of global forecasting, CBRE A bit more than in 2017 but most companies inability to pass on price rises will constrain wages growth....
...Neil Blake, head of global forecasting, CBRE Modest but weak GDP growth will mean that it will not exactly be a resurgence....
...Neil Blake, head of global forecasting, CBRE Real incomes marginally better but consumer spending growth weaker than in 2017 as ability to borrow to finance spending runs out of steam....
...Neil Blake, head of global forecasting, CBRE Once, if at all....
...Neil Blake, Head of Global Forecasting, CBRE 1.5 per cent; weaker than other developed economies; still held back by Brexit-related uncertainties and the squeeze on real incomes....
...Neil Blake, head of global forecasting, CBRE Feel about the same as 12 months ago....
...Neil Blake, CBRE yes — international investors of all kinds are not keen on the idea of the UK leaving the UK....
...Neil Blake, CBRE Depends on what happens to migration....
...Neil Blake, CBRE Wages are picking up and last and the drop in headline inflation caused by falling oil (and other commodity) prices will mean growth in real incomes Neil Williams, Hermes The advent of...
...Neil Blake, CBRE Yes, survey data are still unusually high for the UK and certainly do not indicate an abrupt slowdown....
...Neil Blake, CBRE All depends on the election. Long-term deficit reduction is desirable....
...Neil Blake, CBRE The Bank should target core inflation and keep an eye on asset prices too. 0.25% increase expected next Autumn....
...We follow Old India hand, Jeremiah Blake, along with Lieutenant William Avery, on their hunt for Xavier Mountstuart, a poet obsessed with the Thugs....
...Neil Blake, Experian: Uncertainty never does any good Gavyn Davies, Fulcrum Asset Management: This would be an unmitigated disaster for Scotland, and a modest negative for the rest of the UK, because...
...Neil Blake, Experian: Slowly unwinding; emerging skill shortages might justify firms’ decisions to hoard labour – or maybe it will just be revised away Gavyn Davies, Fulcrum Asset Management: The productivity...
...Neil Blake, Experian: This is a central London not a national issue at present but it will ultimately become a national issue though not next year....
...Neil Blake, Experian: It will push the unemployment threshold down if need be (ie, if unemployment hits 7 per cent sooner rather than later)....
...Neil Blake, Experian: The main threats come from weak or non-existent eurozone growth and a renewed eurozone crisis – but that is looking increasingly unlikely Gavyn Davies, Fulcrum Asset Management:...
...John Llewellyn, Llewellyn Consulting: See answer to 1 above, and note the point made in my 1-page Global Letter Neil Blake, Experian: No sure if a consumer-led recovery was part of plan A....
...Neil Blake, Experian: Households are already feeling far more secure about their employment prospects; the first signs of positive real income growth won’t do any harm either....
...Neil Blake, CBRE: From a social point of view yes, from an economically sustainable point of view – who knows!...
...Neil Blake, CBRE: No for ever, but low wage increases mean that profits are not being squeezed that much so it can keep going for a while....
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