Hints and tips:
...We’ve got to know all the dog walkers and dogs, and nothing gives me more joy than hanging out with them and catching up on the gossip, of which there is lots....
...Ross Walker: Yes. Enough to cut rates....
...Ross Walker: Maybe....
...“Genuine ‘levelling up’ requires money, a strategy and time — there appear to be acute post-Brexit shortages in all of these,” said Ross Walker, economist at NatWest Markets....
...Ross Walker, chief UK economist at NatWest Markets: No....
...The excellent Nicola Walker brings a sharp relish to Anna’s jargon-riddled assertions about “best practice”, while Alun Armstrong’s Edward stares at her as if she has stepped out of a spacecraft....
...Vicky Pryce: Worse....
...Ross Walker, head of UK & European economics, NatWest Markets We forecast [average weekly earnings] growth to edge up to 2.9 per cent in 2018....
...Vicky Pryce, former joint head of the UK Government Economic Service Rates [are] likely to stay the same, at 0.5 per cent through 2018....
...Ross Walker, head of UK and European economics, NatWest Markets Almost certainly not. There’s a markedly higher probability of England winning the World Cup....
...Vicky Pryce, former joint head of the UK Government Economic Service Employment remains high and that is positive but nevertheless consumer sentiment is negatively affected by the declines in real incomes...
...Vicky Pryce, Former joint head of the UK Government Economic Service 1.5 per cent which will again probably be the slowest in the G7 and quite probably also in the EU where even Italy will overtake the...
...Ross Walker, head of UK and European economics, NatWest Markets Unclassified....
...Paul Diggle, economist at Aberdeen Asset Management, said it seemed the “magic first rate rise has been kicked into the long grass once again” and Vicky Redwood, chief UK economist at consultancy Capital...
...Vicky Redwood, chief UK economist at consultancy Capital Economics, said a “rate rise still looks to be some way off”....
...Now it takes to the stage, with Lenny Henry reprising his role as the long-suffering, liberal-minded son of the chaotic and old-fashioned shopowner Rudy (played by Larrington Walker)....
...Ross Walker, RBS: I’m wrestling with this....
...Vicky Pryce, independent economist: Government current spending has been a positive contributor to growth in the past few years....
...Ross Walker, RBS: What should the Bank do? Abandon it at the first opportunity. Thus far, ‘explicit’ forward guidance has added little value (even in the most basic ‘presentational’ terms)....
...Vicky Pryce, independent economist: There is no doubt that we are now on an upward cycle and the pace of the upswing may even surprise us in 2014....
...Ross Walker, Royal Bank of Scotland “All very much as expected, barely any changes at all to the growth and borrowing numbers....
...Ross Walker, RBS: ‘Transformative’? Unlikely. Credit easing may bring modest benefits but the UK’s problems are much more deep-rooted than tight credit supply....
...Vicky Redwood, Capital Economics: Inflation will drop sharply in 2012....
...Vicky Redwood, Capital Economics: We think that the permanent damage to the UK’s productivity has been rather less than many people think....
...Vicky Redwood, Capital Economics: Boosting bank lending is crucial to fostering supply potential in order to ensure companies can keep investing. More QE is necessary to stimulate demand....
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