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BoE cuts base interest rate to 0.25%



beorhthelm

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Jul 21, 2003
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Too many jobs are poor paying jobs as companies have cut to the bone, too many have no or little hope.

the point being that without the stimulus there would have been fewer jobs and fewer companies.
 




vegster

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dazzer6666

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Absolutely - BoE is printing money as fast as it can, and it's not making any difference - apart from making the already rich even richer, and the poor poorer (massive decline in real wages over the past seven years). Unfortunately we shot ourselves in the foot by voting "Leave" - if the vote had gone the other way we'd be looking at 3% pa GDP growth over the next few years, and the chances of rate rises, reversals of QE, and a decent economic outlook. Oh well :)
That last para is pure speculation.....and those forecasts are rarely right....
 




alfredmizen

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Tory REPUTATION for economic COMPETENCE is in RUINS. The sooner John McDonnell is in No.11 the better for country
Whys that , is he going to stimulate the building trade by bombing the shit out of our cities, he's been in favour of it in the past . ,
 




Jim in the West

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Hope the Brexiteers are happy.....

The Resolution Foundation think tank has translated the BoE’s new forecasts for 2018 into simple cash figures.

The economy is forecast to be £45bn smaller than previously thought;
Prices are set to be 1.1 percentage points higher;
Nominal earnings are set to be £380 a year lower;
Real earnings are set to be £615 a year lower; and,
Real household income is set to be £680 a year lower.

At least we've got our "sovereignty" back, though :)
 




vegster

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May 5, 2008
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Hope the Brexiteers are happy.....

The Resolution Foundation think tank has translated the BoE’s new forecasts for 2018 into simple cash figures.

The economy is forecast to be £45bn smaller than previously thought;
Prices are set to be 1.1 percentage points higher;
Nominal earnings are set to be £380 a year lower;
Real earnings are set to be £615 a year lower; and,
Real household income is set to be £680 a year lower.

At least we've got our "sovereignty" back, though :)

You forgot to add that our net contribution to the EU budget was £8.5 Billion in 2015, the UK taxpayer lost £10.8 Billion thanks to the collapse of Lloyds and RBS share price since the result of the vote,but as you say, at least we are in control of our destiny now :shootself
 




Titanic

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You forgot to add that our net contribution to the EU budget was £8.5 Billion in 2015, the UK taxpayer lost £10.8 Billion thanks to the collapse of Lloyds and RBS share price since the result of the vote,but as you say, at least we are in control of our destiny now :shootself

Presumably that is £8.5bn (your number) every year?
 


beorhthelm

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Jul 21, 2003
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..., the UK taxpayer lost £10.8 Billion thanks to the collapse of Lloyds and RBS share price since the result of the vote,

until the Lloyds and RBS shares are sold, the tax payer has lost nothing.
 


D

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Hope the Brexiteers are happy.....

The Resolution Foundation think tank has translated the BoE’s new forecasts for 2018 into simple cash figures.

The economy is forecast to be £45bn smaller than previously thought;
Prices are set to be 1.1 percentage points higher;
Nominal earnings are set to be £380 a year lower;
Real earnings are set to be £615 a year lower; and,
Real household income is set to be £680 a year lower.

At least we've got our "sovereignty" back, though :)

Why let it get to you.
 




Half Time Pies

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Sep 7, 2003
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the point being that without the stimulus there would have been fewer jobs and fewer companies.

In the short term perhaps but I would argue that had there been a deeper recession initially then this would have weeded out many of the inefficiencies in the economy and we would now be in a much stronger position.
 




vegster

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May 5, 2008
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Presumably that is £8.5bn (your number) every year?

Not my number but Private Eye's .. no1422. the point is we have lost more than the money we would have saved in our first year AFTER we officially decouple which won't be til 2020 at the very earliest. Heaven knows how much more we will lose until that time and then we have to hope that the World comes knocking on our door to pay us more than they would for an equivalent product from China,Germany,USA etc etc.
 




Titanic

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Not my number but Private Eye's .. no1422. the point is we have lost more than the money we would have saved in our first year AFTER we officially decouple which won't be til 2020 at the very earliest. Heaven knows how much more we will lose until that time and then we have to hope that the World comes knocking on our door to pay us more than they would for an equivalent product from China,Germany,USA etc etc.

But Brexit is forever... billions of pounds every year... forever.
 


vegster

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May 5, 2008
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But Brexit is forever... billions of pounds every year... forever.

And who will actually get those savings ? it won't be the NHS after all will it ? maybe it will be passed on in tax cuts ? but hey, I earn so little I only pay £95 a month in income tax already..... ordinary people at the bottom of the pile will not see any significant improvement in their lives despite the "savings" and in fact it will probably be worse.
 










Herr Tubthumper

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What a mess.
 


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