JamesSmithRF
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.@bankofengland’s MPC on hold today, as expected, with Bank Rate remaining at historic lows of 0.1% and the stock asset purchases maintained at £895bn (*but* with Andy Haldane voting to
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New edition of @resfoundation's Macroeconomic Policy Outlook out today which focusses on the macro drivers of the labour market (with @jackhleslie)Tl;dr: risk of a larger-than-expected unemployment rise demands policy action.Short
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More startling @ONS monthly GDP data out this morning (for June and our first look at Q2). Despite the strongest *monthly* growth rate on record at 8.7%, Q2 as a
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On Wednesday @CMO_England said that social distancing measures could be in place until the end of the year. What might that mean for the economy? A thread… This thread is
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