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Rate cuts should have happened months ago

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    Rate cuts should have happened months ago

    It appears that I and one other person on the MPC was right !!

    http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle5063490.ece

    #2
    Lets hope for a full pct cut on THursday.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Cyberman View Post
      It appears that I and one other person on the MPC was right !!

      http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle5063490.ece
      Without me looking - it was Blanchflower wasn't it.


      .... <goes and checks the article> ....


      Yep, so it is. He is a fool of the first water only out done by Atw. He is a 'Labour Economist' in all meaning of the phrase.
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        #4
        I always wondered why they bothered having blanchflower, they could have replaced him with a simple program:

        If inflation < target then vote for rate cut

        If inflation > target then vote for rate cut

        If economy doing well then vote for rate cut

        If economy doing badly then vote for rate cut



        thinking you're like Blanchflower is something I wouldn't go around broadcasting.

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          #5
          Originally posted by bobhope View Post
          I always wondered why they bothered having blanchflower, they could have replaced him with a simple program:

          If inflation < target then vote for rate cut

          If inflation > target then vote for rate cut

          If economy doing well then vote for rate cut

          If economy doing badly then vote for rate cut



          thinking you're like Blanchflower is something I wouldn't go around broadcasting.



          Blanchflower has been voting for rate cuts for 10 consecutive months because he could see a recession looming. Leaving rates at the current relative high level to the US etc has been highly damaging to the economy, and the consequences are now there for all to see.

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            #6
            Rate cuts should have happened months ago

            I thought this was about contractors rates?


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