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This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … MPC Minutes (Nov.) …
19th November 2008
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … UK Consumer Prices (Oct.) …
18th November 2008
The prospect of a fiscal boost in the forthcoming Pre-Budget Report and the recent sharp fall in the sterling exchange rate are both positive developments for the UK economy. But they will not prevent a severe recession and they do not preclude the need …
17th November 2008
An important consequence of the recent sharp falls in asset prices is an increase in the size of firms’ pension fund deficits. With profits set to fall sharply and the credit crunch reducing firms’ ability to borrow, even plugging just part of these …
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The historic 150 basis point cut in interest rates in November shows that the MPC is facing up to the seriousness of the situation. And it is encouraging that three month LIBOR has fallen sharply in response. But much more work needs to be done. We now …
13th November 2008
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Bank of England Inflation Report (Nov.) …
12th November 2008
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … UK Labour Market Data (Sep./Oct.) …
Tomorrow’s labour market figures are set to reveal a further drop in employment, confirming that the downturn in the labour market is well underway. We expect employment to drop by around 1.5 million from peak to trough (i.e. from mid-2008 to end-2010), …
11th November 2008
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10th November 2008
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Historic rate move will not stop the rot …
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7th November 2008
Today’s interest rate cut, from 4.5% to 3%, marks only the early stages of a phase of aggressive monetary easing which will ultimately take base rates to an all-time low of 1%. Mortgage interest rates are also heading much lower, but they will not fall as …
6th November 2008
A day late maybe, but the Monetary Policy Committee certainly delivered some spectacular fireworks today in the form of the 150bp cut in interest rates, the biggest move since 1992. But rates still need to fall much further. We continue to expect them to …
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This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … UK CIPS/Markit Report on Services (Oct.) & Ind. Prod. (Sep.) …
5th November 2008
Despite the write-downs already made, the financial sector has yet to face billions of pounds of further losses associated with the downturn in the economy. Our forecast that unemployment will ultimately rise by 1.7 million has worrying consequences for …
4th November 2008
The 0.5% plunge in GDP in Q3 marked the start of the UK’s first recession in 17 years. And worse is to come. It is likely that the Government’s recapitalisation of the banks will not stop lending growth from slowing sharply. Meanwhile, house prices are …
3rd November 2008
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … UK CIPS/Markit Report on Manufacturing (Oct.) …
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Policy action won’t prevent worst recession in 25 years …
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Nationwide House Prices (Oct.) …
30th October 2008
With the economy plunging into recession and inflation risks rapidly receding, interest rates clearly need to fall considerably further. Accordingly, we expect the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to cut rates by 75 basis points at the coming meeting, with …
Extraordinary circumstances require extraordinary actions. With the current recession likely to be deeper than that in the early 1990s and the credit crunch impairing the effectiveness of monetary policy, we now expect UK interest rates to fall to an …
29th October 2008
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The Bank of England’s latest Financial Stability Report (FSR) supports our view that the Government’s recapitalisation of the banking system is unlikely to head off a sharp slowdown in bank lending growth and a deep economic recession. … Financial …
28th October 2008
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Just how much scope does the Government have to support the economy through looser fiscal policy - i.e. tax cuts or spending increases? At first sight, the answer might appear to be absolutely none at all. After all, public borrowing is already set to …
27th October 2008
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Lower pound won't prevent deep recession …
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23rd October 2008
The official measure of retail sales is at least now moving in the same direction as the gloomy survey evidence. All of the main indicators therefore now show a sharp slowdown in high street demand. What’s more, the outlook has deteriorated significantly …
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22nd October 2008
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The recent acceleration in the dollar’s appreciation against other major currencies (with the notable exception of the yen) reflects a combination of factors, none of which is likely to reverse any time soon. We are therefore revising our dollar forecasts …
21st October 2008
The recent deterioration in activity both at home and overseas has cast a large cloud over the outlook for the manufacturing sector. We now think that manufacturing output will fall from peak to trough by at least 6%, putting this industrial downturn …
