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Hamish McRae: Europe needs a rise in production to create a healthier, stronger future
London :: United Kingdom | over 2 years ago
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The cuts will be greeted with a wall of sound: a raft of concern and anger, but mixed I expect with some relief. The relief will not be so much from the chunks of the economy that will be unaffected but more from a feeling that at last we are
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‘Leaning against the wind’ with rates may have merit -- ECB
Frankfurt :: Germany | over 2 years ago
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Thursday October 14 2010 The European Central Bank said a policy of raising interest rates to deflate asset-price bubbles shouldn't be dismissed on principle. Recent empirical and theoretical research has shifted the balance in favour of such an
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Number of benefits claimants rises – and is poised to get worse
Cambridge :: United Kingdom | over 2 years ago
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Number of benefits claimants rises and is poised to get worse Latest figures show a jump in unemployment figures, a situation which will worsen as government austerity measures take effect Andrew Sentance has positioned himself against economic
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The math behind QE2's $1-trillion
Toronto :: Canada | over 2 years ago
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More than a few Federal Reserve watchers and other assorted members of the economy chattering class have decided that the U.S. central bank's next great effort at quantitative easing will total at least $1-trillion (U.S.). It turns out that this is
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Reserve keeps us all hanging
Sydney :: Australia | over 2 years ago
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So, I suspect, is the Reserve Bank's board, despite hints that a rate rise is just around the corner...Normally, the Reserve Bank lifts rates when inflation is heading out of its target band, not dropping further into it. While it says the fall in
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How to limit the looming interest rate rises
Sydney :: Australia | over 2 years ago
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September 27, 2010 It's a pretty safe bet we'll get another rise in the official interest rate this year and several more next year. A rise next Tuesday is possible, though the Reserve Bank board has a predilection for changing rates on Melbourne Cup
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The case for cautious optimism
Missouri City :: TX :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Is that what those many economic forecasters, warning of a double-dip recession and deflation, amount to? Brian Wesbury, chief economist of First Trust Portfolios in Wheaton, Ill., thinks so. Today's widespread gloom is "economic hypochondria," he
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Gap in the GOP's message
Washington :: DC :: USA | over 2 years ago
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News reports indicate Republicans have finalized their policy platform for November's elections...However, the GOP policy stool is missing a vital third leg: sound money. While eyes tend to glaze over at the mention of monetary issues, most Americans
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Hamish McRae: What do we want? An independent OBR that can see far into the future
Athens :: Greece | over 2 years ago
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Well, first of all a welcome to Robert Chote at the Office for Budgetary Responsibility, as foreshadowed in these columns last week. He is widely accepted to have done a formidable job as director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, particularly in
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Andy McSmith: Osborne's vision of the future, circa 1981
Watford :: United Kingdom | over 2 years ago
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The present Chancellor, George Osborne, was a schoolboy back then, but is sufficiently steeped in Conservative Party culture to know all about this legendary Budget. As public opinion is being softened for the unprecedented cuts in public spending
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