0.5% growth 1st Quater 2011

B_Blank

Really2 wrote: »

I can say what I like, cool.

Explain how the snow stopped a double dip recession then.

If you could answer that rather than making out I am some nasty man for questioning your intellect that would be great.

ps, Special was used to avoid an insult, If I said your statement was unusual it would have been an insult, because I basically knew you are talking tripe.

So the insult would be your statement was utter crap. You can have that or special up to you.

Precisely. Finally we are getting to the bottom of this. You meant it as a replacement for an insult.

Showing that you regard "special" as an insult, displaying your incredible ignorance of the issues surrounding people with special needs. Seriously, I dont even care about the economy anymore. There are so many people in our country who mock people with serious special needs and autism. Its wrong, and it disgusts me.

Being "special" should never be an insult.

angrypirate

Pete111 wrote: »

If it helps any B Blank, I can confirm that you are coming across as a complete Wuckfit on this thread - hope that's clear enough without being potentially insulting to any particular group.

A very unusual, exceptional, unique wuckfit. Sorry. I'll get my coat. TAXI FOR 1 PLEASE

Generali

StevieJ wrote: »

But you are assuming that the total effect of the reduced GDP caused by snow was added back, why do you think that?

We still seem to be stuck on whether special is an insult or not.

FWIW, it seems unlikely to me that all the GDP lost will be added back. For a start, impulse purchases that didn't happen because of the snow aren't likely to be replaced, nor sales of consumable stuff like petrol and food.

Presumably there will be some longer term effects of the snow too such as livestock dying and so not being able to be sold for meat, crop damage and other lost output due to physical damage to plant etc by the snow.

Really2

B_Blank wrote: »

Precisely. Finally we are getting to the bottom of this. You meant it as a replacement for an insult.

To avoid questioning your intellect again if special was used to replace an insult (crap). How the hell did you get to it be being a dig at special needs?

People with special needs are the same as you or I so I would find it a lame put down.

I edited a post above to define things.

But lets face it you are stretching this out and accusing me off all sorts because you made a comment that was totally wrong and not thought out.

Thrugelmir

Generali wrote: »

We still seem to be stuck on whether special is an insult or not.

Sounds remarkably like PM question time in the Commons.

While the rest of the country just gets on with it, (as we do every day). Those who know nothing of the real world outside just carry on arguing.

Really2

Pete111 wrote: »

If it helps any B Blank, I can confirm that you are coming across as a complete Wuckfit on this thread - hope that's clear enough without being potentially insulting to any particular group.

In my "group" they fit car tyres. Their prices are offensive though.

julieq

Words are trains. For moving past what really has no name

Mr_Mumble

A lot of bluster over numbers pretty much in-line with expectations (though based on currency movements slightly better than expected).

Britain has had a lost five years, since rebasing (at 100) of GDP in 2006:

99.6 -- GDP at market prices comprising of:

104.1 -- Business services and finance
103.7 -- Government & other services
99.7 -- Distribution, hotels and restaurants
99.5 -- Transportation, storage and communication
96.2 -- Electricity gas and water supply.
93.6 -- Construction
92.8 -- Manufacturing
90.9 -- Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing
74.2 -- Mining & quarrying inc oil and gas extraction

The two of these that have grown since Northern Rock collapsed: government and utility supply .

Blacklight

Onwards and upwards. The media are going to have to start preying for another 9/11, at this rate they're going to run out of bad news to bleat on about.

Graham_Devon

RenovationMan wrote: »

They are now talking about no BoE rate changes until at least August on the back of this news. Loverly Jubberly .

It's strange isn't it.

Last time the figures were out they were talking about no interest rate rises, because of negative growth.

These figures are out and they talk about no interest rate rises because of growth.

Its the same with inflation...."no interest rate rises because although inflation is high, we don't have wage inflation". Wage inflation starts picking up and its "no interest rate rises please, wages are growing, but not at the pace of the high inflation.

If wage inflation takes over general inflation, we'll be heading towards "no interest rate rises, inflation is falling back".

It would be far easier if they could say "no interest ratre rises please".