Halifax figures Thursday - Chief Economist or Spin Merchant?

ginvzt

Off to Wednesday!!!! Oh well, anyone wants to start guessing when they will be released?

carolt

What the !!!!.

What the hell's going on? :eek:

lostinrates

carolt wrote: »

What the !!!!.

What the hell's going on? :eek:

Its making me very anxious thats for sure.

A for the irst time I actually heard the word 'recession'almost applied actively to the current situation on the radio this morning.

Generali

Try calling HBOS Economics Helpline. 0845 604 5404

If nobody else has done it by lunchtime, I'll do it.

steadysaver

Maybe Halifax just don't want to add to the panic of a slow down of the economy on a day when the R word is being used and housebuilders are sheding more and more jobs.

Or there simple haven't been enough house sales to take any figures from :rolleyes:

worldtraveller

A mathematician, an accountant and an economist apply for the same job.

The interviewer calls in the mathematician and asks "What do two plus two equal?"

The mathematician replies "Four."

The interviewer asks "Four, exactly?"

The mathematician looks at the interviewer incredulously and says "Yes, four, exactly."

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]Then the interviewer calls in the accountant and asks the same question "What do two plus two equal?"[/SIZE][/FONT]

[SIZE=-1][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The accountant says "am I reporting to the board, to the bank or the Revenue? It would vary between £8 and a loss of £4."[/FONT][/SIZE]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]Then the interviewer calls in the economist and poses the same question "What do two plus two equal?"[/SIZE][/FONT]

[SIZE=-1][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The economist gets up, locks the door, closes the shade, sits down next to the interviewer and answers "What would you like it to equal?"[/FONT][/SIZE]

Generali

An economist, a physicist and a chemist get shipwrecked and are starving. They are about to draw lots to see which gets eaten first when a pallet of tinned food washes up on the beach.

The physicist takes measurements to see where the weak points of the cans are to smash them open with no luck.

The chemist tries to produce a chemical to destroy the seal on the cans, but again no joy.

Then the economist steps up. "We need a working theory to get the cans open. Now let's assume we have a tin opener....."

tradetime

DCLG HPI July release +3.7 yoy Maybe H'fax waiting to see what this was.

The trend for this figure has been:
March release..................8.0%
April release.....................6.7%
May release.....................5.2%
June release.....................4.9%

free4440273

Generali wrote: »

An economist, a physicist and a chemist get shipwrecked and are starving. They are about to draw lots to see which gets eaten first when a pallet of tinned food washes up on the beach.

The physicist takes measurements to see where the weak points of the cans are to smash them open with no luck.

The chemist tries to produce a chemical to destroy the seal on the cans, but again no joy.

Then the economist steps up. "We need a working theory to get the cans open. Now let's assume we have a tin opener....."

:rotfl::rotfl:

Paul_N_4

Halifax figures now delayed AGAIN. Tentative for Wednesday, which just happens to be the day before the MPC rate setting decision.

http://forexfactory.com/calendar.php