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UK Back In Recession In Xmas Quarter-Are You Too Scared To Spend?
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shortchanged wrote: »As has been already stated the jobless figures are a red herring.
Red herring? Why? Stated by who?0 -
DecentLivingWage wrote: »Healthy Living Fryer,omelet maker,electric wok,xmas hotel visit to daughter on Boxing Day,pay deposit on summer holiday - all scrapped and off the list !
Aren't the first 3 of those all just a frying pan?0 -
Mr._Pricklepants wrote: »Red herring? Why? Stated by who?
Unemployment figures have always been open to interpretation. There are many people who are aware the published figures do not always paint a true picture.
Come on prickypants surely even you don't believe everything you read without questioning it?0 -
We will be having to down-size in the Spring because being a Pensioner our incomings are less than out outgoings, and over the past two years the cost of living has not been kind to us. We have always been savers so we are lucky that way that we can live off our capital, but not for much longer.
This of course is experiences that Government Ministers will never occasion upon so therefore cannot be expected to understand how to plan a buget and survive. I would like the two Posh Boys to come and live with us for a couple of months to experience the real world, they would find that we can still force a real smile.
We will see our daughter for a few days over Christmas when she comes home from Uni' so we will be happy.
But I'm sure it will be some consolation that via low interest rates, your prudence will be subsidising those who bought houses they couldn't afford and BTL spivs who's business models relied on ever increasing house prices.0 -
shortchanged wrote: »Unemployment figures have always been open to interpretation. There are many people who are aware the published figures do not always paint a true picture.
Come on prickypants surely even you don't believe everything you read without questioning it?
Sure we still have a huge problem with unemployment and under-employment. But the data for the last 12 odd months show a steady decline in the numbers and that's more than just noise, it's a trend.
Admittedly, many of them are part-time, but recent data has shown full-time employment figures on the mend also.
As for reliability of the data, well, we don't have much choice, do we?
Either we accept that data from the ONS is kosher, or we believe there's a huge conspiracy going on cooking the figures. If it's the latter, there's not much left to discuss, is there?
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Usually I shop at the last minute, half the stuff I want to buy is sold out, and deliveries are late.
This year, late again, nothing sold out, lots of reductions, deliveries prompt.
And none of those reports on the news about how the Christmas trade is going, so they aren't getting any press releases from the trade bodies.
Perhaps everybody's saving their money for the sales. Or perhaps not."It will take, five, 10, 15 years to get back to where we need to be. But it's no longer the individual banks that are in the wrong, it's the banking industry as a whole." - Steven Cooper, head of personal and business banking at Barclays, talking to Martin Lewis0 -
Personally I have had a pretty good year out of buying below market value in 2011, then enjoying some chunky local house price inflation, topped off with a late burst of activity from legacy shares I own from a demutualisation.
I've been living the capitalist dream tbh, so it will be a fine festive Xmas in the toast household.
I remember the days when we were renting, and sometimes Christmas dinner was just one turkey twizzler eaten hunched over the electric fire with one bar on and hats recycled from the year before.
Couldnt even watch Tiny Tim on iplayer because the broadband wasn;t fast enough.
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I've spent more than last year- my friends have all spawned so I have kids to buy for (I get them books- doing my bit to prevent the growing illiteracy and intellectual decline of our nation). I tend to buy my mates "experiences" rather than tat these days; cinema/theatre/exhibition/comedy nights etc as we all have too much stuff in our homes. I like to bake for people as well. Most people I know can no longer be bothered with all the plastic novelty guff and the ridiculous panic buying in the supermarket on Christmas Eve.
The shops have been rammed for the past few weekends, and as usual this time of year in London it's nearly impossible to find space in a pub, and I struggled to organise a last minute work lunch as nearby hotels and restaurants were all booked up.
The university dept where I work has loads of funding and is desperate to recruit, but we struggle to find quality PhD students and postdoc researchers who are good enough.My bonus for work outside my job description increased significantly from last year. So some sectors are still doing well.
Wishing everyone a great festive season, whether or not Santa brings you an "omelet maker" (how is that different to a frying pan?).They are an EYESORES!!!!0 -
I have kept my spending down but then, my spending wasn't huge last year either! All my neices and nephews (6 of them) done for less than £30 total, my sister and husband £4.19 for the pair of them...and the list goes on.
I wouldn't say I was frightened broke voter but I have fewer pennies than a fair few and I do vote....but not for LabourWe made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.0 -
We have probably spent half of what we did last year this Xmas
Mainly through use of deal sites, vouchers, not buying as extravagant presents
Not for any reason, other than usually we go OTT
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