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Halifax figures Thursday - Chief Economist or Spin Merchant?
brit1234
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Here is an Interview with Halifax Chief Economist Martin Ellis back in April 2008. He really seemed to down play and spin the situation back then, will he have egg on his face with Halifax's figures on Thursday?
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Couldn't listen to too much of it. That woman screetching away put me off!0
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He couldnt tell the truth..which I have no doubt he knew back in April .. or he would be talking himself out of a job .. so ofcourse its spin ... I take little if any notice of these interviews with people who have such a vested interest in talking the market up or minimising bad news, I have learned from personal experiance that these kind of interviews are usually full of sxxxe !0
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Halifax figures out in a few hours . I wonder how Declan will take it on Breakfast news?:D:exclamatiScams - Shared Equity, Shared Ownership, Newbuy, Firstbuy and Help to Buy.
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Apparently they've been delayed til tomorrow.
They've probably sent them off to the turd polishers ... or maybe they're hoping that someone will buy a house. :rotfl:--
Every pound less borrowed (to buy a house) is more than two pounds less to repay and more than three pounds less to earn, over the course of a typical mortgage.0 -
So - when are the figures out???? I can't wait!!!Spring into Spring 2015 - 0.7/12lb0
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So - when are the figures out???? I can't wait!!!
Looks like it has now been put back to monday.
http://forexfactory.com/calendar.php?do=geteventinfo&day=2008-7-7&c=2
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johnycoldears wrote: »Looks like it has now been put back to monday.
http://forexfactory.com/calendar.php?do=geteventinfo&day=2008-7-7&c=2
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The turd polishers are having more difficulty working up a shine than they previously thought.
I expect that shortly we'll be hearing about plans to revise the way that these figures are collected and/or published. When they aren't showing what their vested interests want (despite any amount of massaging) it's time to change the rules of the game.--
Every pound less borrowed (to buy a house) is more than two pounds less to repay and more than three pounds less to earn, over the course of a typical mortgage.0 -
Did they make all their statisticians redundand and can't add up the numbers?
Or the numbers are so unbelievable, that they are trying to recalculate and get either +10% or -10% and can't decide which one is correct????
Oh well, give me the numbers - I'll tell you the results! I can do maths....
Edit: When the figures were due out originally???Spring into Spring 2015 - 0.7/12lb0
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