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...The big unknown for economists both inside and outside the BoE is the August inflation data, which will be published early on Wednesday, a day before the rate decision is announced....
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...What he chooses and how it lands is one of the big known unknowns about the next election....
...There’s a lot to say here, some of which I discuss alongside Lucy Fisher, George Parker, Claer Barrett and Chris Giles in this week’s (upcoming) episode of our Political Fix podcast....
...The exact costs remain unknown because the effects have not been immediate, economists say, and are difficult to disentangle from the impact of the coronavirus crisis....
...Our economics editor Chris Giles and US economics editor Colby Smith discussed this and how different countries are likely to react in our latest IG Live. Watch it here....
...The answers to these questions are unknown at present, but will be of crucial importance in the autumn when Sunak makes long-term public spending decisions based on the Office for Budget Responsibility’s...
...“Instead of fear [about their finances], it gives people certainty, so they can spend more on themselves in retirement rather than saving for an unknown level of social care costs,” said Dilnot....
...Whitehall officials said the “known unknowns” about how many people would ultimately come forward for treatment meant it was not possible to give a specific timeframe for clearing the treatment backlog....
...“The easy part of this uneven global economic recovery appears over,” is the verdict of one prominent economist quoted by FT economics editor Chris Giles in his outlook for 2022....
...The scale of the knock-on effects in other sectors is currently unknown, according to the ONS, because increasing the level of efficiency in the telecoms and internet sectors will result in smaller efficiency...
...There is no doubt Britain is entering a deep recession: the answer to the question about scarring remains the big unknown economic element of the coronavirus crisis....
...With the length of disruption to oil supply unknown at present, the Fed is likely to be cautious, but an oil shock would be the “last thing the world needed now”, said Erik Nielsen, chief economist at UniCredit...
...Chris Giles reports the Paris-based international organisation has unveiled proposals today that would overturn a century of rules that had allowed digital groups to shift profits around the world to minimise...
...George Buckley, economist at Nomura, said: “Brexit is now the big unknown and — in the event of a no deal — will likely be responsible for accelerating the onset of a sizeable recession”. ....
...connection with China’s Belt and Road Initiative, with Caroline Freund, director for trade, competition, regional integration and investment at the World Bank, flagging concerns over poor transparency and often unknown...
...While the size of the Fed’s move appears all but guaranteed, the bigger unknown remains what chairman Jay Powell will signal about the path of monetary policy....
...The answer is dependent on an unknown: what would have happened had the referendum vote gone the other way and Britain stayed in the EU, plus what sort of Brexit the country achieves and the vexed relationship...
...Look at scaffolding alone — all ‘system’ in Germany, and the ‘single pole’ method used universally in the UK is almost unknown....
...The precise views of the other committee members are unknown, although Andy Haldane, chief economist of the BoE, had expressed concerns about high inflation before the September meeting....
...What could link the unknown audience number at the centre of my Venn diagram?...
...The other three are unknown. Andy Haldane, chief economist of the BoE, is seen as a swing voter....
...But the exact degree of difficulty for the chancellor is still unknown, the official added, because the OBR has not yet officially given the Treasury its first Budget economic forecast and that there are...
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