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mervyn king - this is the worst

lemonjelly · 2011-10-07 13:20:47

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15210112 Current situation is a crisis. Describes it as the worst ever (worse than 2008?) Interesting - only Posen has been pushing for QE. Are we confident in King? In the MPC? Is he on the button here?

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ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite

7 October 2011 at 6:17PM

pqrdef wrote: »

Only ever a feeble and misguided attempt to imitate the Germans. If we'd ever meant it, we might as well have joined the euro.

The Germans still remember what inflation can do.

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