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...WhatsApp to Bobbuilder@pavedparadise: Hi Bob, We’re having a breakfast meeting with Labour’s planning spokesman, Matthew Pennycook, and wondered if you’d be interested....
...Mr Tucker indicated that economic recovery would come more quickly thanks to recent breakthroughs in vaccine development — although expecting a “V-shaped” recovery remained “beyond stupid”....
...Stephen Friedman, White Cube and Modern Art....
...Daldry theatre and film director Stephen Frearsfilm director Tracey Seawardfilm producer...
...Two excellent studies of the seamy, brutal side of the era are Lee’s The Ugly Renaissance (2013) and Stephen Bowd’s Renaissance Mass Murder (2018)....
...David Kern, consultant economist at Kern Consulting: No. The UK recovery will be slower than that of the US: it will be in line with that of the EU....
...“An art fair seemed an unusually interesting context to celebrate an art dealer, since an art fair is really 200 art dealers and their respective ideas,” says Matthew Higgs, who curated the section....
...“I recall that the entire ‘establishment’ declared total catastrophe in the UK in the event of Brexit,” says Stephen Jen, partner at Eurizon SLJ Capital, who notes caustically that Britain still “has not...
...David Kern, consultant economist, Kern Consulting Consumer price inflation is likely to rise steadily during 2017. reaching around 2.5% in the final quarter of the year....
...David Kern, consultant economist, Kern Consulting Philip Hammond will use the additional headroom for more borrowing, mainly focusing on infrastructure investment aimed to raise the UK’s productive potential...
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College Most unlikely....
...David Kern, consultant economist, Kern Consulting Many of Donald Trump’ s economic policies, ie cutting business taxes and reducing significantly the regulatory burden on businesses, will boost US & global...
...David Kern, consultant economist, Kern Consulting I expect UK GDP to grow by 1.8% in 2017, slightly slower than in 2016 but much stronger than the current consensus predicts....
...David Kern, consultant economist, Kern Consulting Feel about the same as 12 months ago The initial negative consequences of Brexit (mainly due to higher uncertainty) will be temporary, and will be much...
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College A fall in migration would have very negative effects on the public finances and growth....
..., Allen Lane, RRP£10.99, 120 pages George V: The Unexpected King, by David Cannadine, Allen Lane, RRP£10.99, 121 pages George VI: The Dutiful King, by Philip Ziegler, Allen Lane, RRP£10.99, 94 pages Matthew...
...David Kern, British Chamber of Commerce UK real earnings are already in positive territory and the positive trend should strengthen next year....
...Stephen King, HSBC The concept of full employment is looking decidedly suspect, one reason why forward guidance never really made much sense....
...Stephen King, HSBC Depends what’s meant by “decent”. As 2014 came to a close, there were signs of a loss of momentum....
...David Kern, British Chamber of Commerce Some slippage in the current deficit reduction plans is highly likely whatever the result of the UK election....
...David Kern, British Chamber of Commerce The Bank of England raise should only consider raising interest rates in the final months of 2015 at the earliest....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...David Kern, BCC chief economist: UK house prices are still overpriced, but by less than indicated by conventional measures such as the “house price to earnings” ratio....
...Matthew Oakley, Policy Exchange: The labour market has continued to surprise in 2013....
...Matthew Oakley, Policy Exchange: We should be looking much longer-term than 2013....
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