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Triple Dip InEscapable - UK Back In Recession?
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I think the first budget produced by the coalition was intended to settle the markets....it seems to have done that but screwed the rest of us. We'll see now what Ed's Labour produce in their policy review....I just pray he doesn't turn out to be a tory in disguise like Blair!DecentLivingWage wrote: »Triple Dip inescapable says ITN News at ten - even though I have posted about this already - in November, I really wasn't expecting it to be this bad (service sector & unemployment) As previously posted it looks as if the Xmas quarter shrank by 0.2% - no wonder Dave looked pink and flustered and flounced off under interview earlier, the Cons must be wondering why we aren't spending (we could tell them.... if they lived in our world....)0 -
Graham_Devon wrote: »It was a joke....ISTL.
You seriously went searching!? LOL.
A joke you have repeated enough times
'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
I think the first budget produced by the coalition was intended to settle the markets....it seems to have done that but screwed the rest of us. We'll see now what Ed's Labour produce in their policy review....I just pray he doesn't turn out to be a tory in disguise like Blair!
Theyforgot, come election time ,its the voters they have to get trust from - markets are no good without that. Anyway, the markets will be in a panic soon enough as the pound rises and the order books empty as UK uncompetitive! Lets watch out for a reshuffle!0 -
Get used to it. We have been in recession since 2002, of course the level of public and private borrowing disguised that fact.
I would take it back to the mid late 70s the governments have always had some rabbits in the hat, oil, utility sell offs, debt, more debt, personal debt, city gambling but sadly no more.
They are all being shown up for the second rate magicians and their smoke and mirrors have been seen for what they are."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
Cons will will look weak and silly now if they try to pretend their plan was right - when the experts at the IMF have admitted it was wrong - the economy has tanked!0
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How has the economy tanked when the economy has grown, unemployment is down and the pound is stronger?0
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How has the economy tanked when the economy has grown, unemployment is down and the pound is stronger?
Isn't the economy at best flat?
Depends what you class as unemployed and which groups are included and removed. A number of full time well paid jobs have been lost, replaced with poorly paid part time jobs where people are dependent on some degree of welfare subsidy. Unemployment figures may have improved but actually the position is still getting worse. we just have a tick in the box against one statistical marker.
Exchange is always a time thing, again it is pretty flat shorterm. Medium term(5 years) pound is down against the dollar,euro, renminbi canadian dollar, aussie dollar and if the afghani.
http://www.oanda.com/currency/historical-rates/
A purposeful depreciation but one that is hitting the public hard in their pocket, fuel,energy, food."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
Since the current government has been in power..., you can't blame them for what Labour did!0
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IveSeenTheLight wrote: »Sorry, a quick search shows you didn't.
So Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah
Graham was the first to coin the phrase tripple dip though.0 -
Since the current government has been in power..., you can't blame them for what Labour did!
You can't blame labour for the GFC either. The actions taken in the aftermath of that overwhelm issues since, it was a total curved ball."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0
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