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Not necessary that will show if year on year is down but the trend can still be up.
How long do you want before that trend is downwards?
After so many years only ever going up conceivably we will never see the overall trend in decline."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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grizzly1911 wrote: »How long do you want before that trend is downwards?
After so many years only ever going up conceivably we will never see the overall trend in decline.
If month on month figures continue to increase I can't see how trend can be downward and the intial success of coalition seems to be evaporating.
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Thrugelmir wrote: »Couple of billion makes little difference. Not even two weeks interest on the National debt.
As a one off. Still have to find this saving next year and the year after..........
I know that, and you know that, but I bet it is enough to tip the balance for this financial year.'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 -
If month on month figures continue to increase I can't see how trend can be downward and the intial success of coalition seems to be evaporating.
If you make redundancies now for example. Then lump sum is paid now to settle. Saving is made in the future. Possibly over years, .
So its taking action for the longer term that counts.
The month to month fluctuation is normal.0 -
I know that, and you know that, but I bet it is enough to tip the balance for this financial year.
Having worked in Company restructuring over the years. I know that the initial savings come easily. There after gets more and more difficult. At a point some tough decisions are unavoidable.0 -
Thrugelmir wrote: »If you make redundancies now for example. Then lump sum is paid now to settle. Saving is made in the future. Possibly over years, .
So its taking action for the longer term that counts.
The month to month fluctuation is normal.
People seem to forget that there are two sides to the equation not just spending. The figures appear to be getting worse after the initial success and are below forecasts lets hope they turn round but I'm not convinced.
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People seem to forget that there are two sides to the equation not just spending. The figures appear to be getting worse after the initial success and are below forecasts lets hope they turn round but I'm not convinced.
How the money is spent is equally important. Particularly what on.
The more that circulates through the domestic economy the better.0 -
And we're supposed to believe that by spending a few billion more growth will mysteriously return.
Well labour did that and all it got us was deeper in debt.0 -
Well labour did that and all it got us was deeper in debt.
The money wasn't spent on anything that generated growth.
So when income from financial services and activity generated from the UK property sector vanished overnight. A structural hole was all that was left.
The economy was allowed to get ahead of itself. Party is over. The clearing up continues allied by by an almighty debt hangover.0
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