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    UK Booming

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8092780.stm

    UK industrial output rose unexpectedly in April - the first month-on-month climb since February 2008, official figures have shown.

    Output rose by 0.3% from the previous month, the Office for National Statistics said. Analysts had been expecting output to fall by 0.1%

    Manufacturing rose 0.2%, which was also an unexpected rise.


    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8092538.stm

    The Treasury is investigating the prospect of selling state-owned bank Northern Rock as soon as the autumn, according to a report in the Times.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8091396.stm

    The deficit of UK pension funds eased again slightly in May, according to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).

    The shortfall in the UK's 7,400 defined benefit schemes, including final salary pensions, fell from £188.5bn at the end of April to £179.3bn at the end of May.


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/e...predicted.html

    The UK economy will resume growing next year, faster than had been expected by many, according to Capital Economics.


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/e...to-the-UK.html

    The pound rebounded from a torrid few days, rising almost 3 cents against the dollar on Tuesday, as dealers seized on fresh evidence that the worst of the recession in Britain is over.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2009...s-house-prices

    A combination of rising buyer inquiries and a shortage of homes for sale is supporting house prices, Rics says

    http://www.ftadviser.com/FTAdviser/M...-midsummer.jsp

    Two industry commentators have forecast property values to increase by mid-summer, after yet more evidence has emerged that house prices are continuing to stabilise.

    http://www.ftadviser.com/FTAdviser/M...sales-lift.jsp

    Various London boroughs have seen a significant increase in buyer confidence and sales over the last month, with one location calling the market "buzzing".




    And people aren't voting Labour?


    #2
    The only index of doom and boom which i believe on is CUK Index of Contracting market.

    UK will be booming only when contracts (with good rates) will be in abundance

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      #3
      In that case Boom! is about 5 years away minimum.

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        #4
        Originally posted by denver2k View Post
        The only index of doom and boom which i believe on is CUK Index of Contracting market.

        UK will be booming only when contracts (with good rates) will be in abundance
        When might that be? The brief flurry of activity we saw a month ago seems to have petered out again.
        Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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          #5
          Originally posted by denver2k View Post
          UK will be booming only when contracts (with good rates) will be in abundance
          Employment lags behind recovery, you'll not see a recovery in the contractor market untill after Brown is forced to hold an election and a majority government is formed by UKIP with the BNP forming the shadow cabinet.

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            #6
            Originally posted by the_duderama View Post
            Employment lags behind recovery, you'll not see a recovery in the contractor market untill after Brown is forced to hold an election and a majority government is formed by UKIP with the BNP forming the shadow cabinet.
            If that happens watch all the multinationals bugger off, leaving even fewer jobs.
            Hard Brexit now!
            #prayfornodeal

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              #7
              Originally posted by the_duderama View Post
              a majority government is formed by UKIP with the BNP forming the shadow cabinet.
              I would rather have depression ....

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                #8
                Originally posted by sasguru View Post
                If that happens watch all the multinationals bugger off, leaving even fewer jobs.
                Indeed, then we are knacked, and I'll be moving to europe before UKIP wrench us out.

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                  #9
                  Isn't this because we started pumping more borrowed and printed money into the economy and putting off the day of reckoning?

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post
                    Isn't this because we started pumping more borrowed and printed money into the economy and putting off the day of reckoning?
                    It's either that or Gordon Brown is superhuman.

                    I can't quite decide.

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