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Offline John

Bank of England now admits they got it wrong!
« on: January 05, 2017, 10:46:12 PM »
The Bank of England has now admitted they got it wrong when they claimed a downturn in the wake of a successful Brexit vote.

Andy Haldane, the Bank of England’s chief economist, said there was a “disconnect” between political warnings about Brexit and the “remarkably placid” state of the markets, adding that the worst predictions may turn out to be “just scare stories”.



He made the concession as new figures suggested Britain was the fastest growing of all advanced economies last year after the services sector defied gloomy forecasts to hit a 17-month high.

What a bunch of tossers!  To think we the tax payers actually pay these people a fortune to churn out this garbage.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/05/bank-england-admits-michael-fish-moment-dire-brexit-predictions/

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/05/chief-economist-of-bank-of-england-admits-errors
« Last Edit: January 05, 2017, 10:48:49 PM by John »
A malicious prosecution for a crime which never existed. An exposé of egregious malfeasance by public officials.
Indeed, the truth never changes with the passage of time.

stephen25000

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Re: Bank of England now admits they got it wrong!
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2017, 12:08:48 PM »
Brexit hasn't started.

However, inflation is up.

The banking sector, which is largely responsible for most finacial crises, is now considering moving into Europe. Unfortunately, it does provide 'income' to the UK Treasury,

Offline Carana

Re: Bank of England now admits they got it wrong!
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2017, 05:27:33 PM »
There doesn't appear to have been an immediate meltdown, but Brexit hasn't started and no one seems to know what's likely to happen.

Big companies can hedge their bets far more easily than small ones.

Between Brexit and Trump, this time next year might be more indicative of how things are going, I would have thought.

stephen25000

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Re: Bank of England now admits they got it wrong!
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2017, 09:43:03 AM »
Donor vows to stop funding Tories if May takes UK out of single market

Engineering firm chairman Sir Andrew Cook, who has given £1.2m to party, says UK will ‘sleepwalk to disaster’ if it leaves single market


 Cook highlighted how much his company relied on exports to mainland Europe and the supply of skilled labour from the continent.


 

A major Tory donor has warned he will stop funding the party if Theresa May’s Brexit plans mean taking the UK out of the single market.

Engineering firm chairman Sir Andrew Cook said jobs and exports were at risk if leaving the European Union meant membership of the single market was sacrificed in order to curb immigration.


Fears that UK is heading towards 'train crash' Brexit
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Cook, who has given more than £1.2m to the party, warned the country could “sleepwalk to disaster” if the prime minister decided to go down that route, the Times reported.

The chairman of William Cook, a firm producing components for applications including rail, energy and defence, highlighted how much his company relied on exports to mainland Europe and the supply of skilled labour from the continent.

“I’m trying to explain how critical the single market is to the real economy,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. He said: “Two miles away is one of my factories, with 200 people employed making engineering parts that go to France, Germany and Italy for pumps and so forth.

“Thirty-five miles up the road in Leeds I’ve another factory with 200 people making other stuff for the train manufacturers of Germany, Austria and so forth. The single market is essential to keep these people in employment.”

He added: “There are barriers to entry without the single market, there are tariffs. There is a desire by my competitors in mainland Europe to exclude me from the market. Were it not for the single market I would not be trading with these people.

“There is no domestic manufacturing industry of any major size in this country with which to trade. It is vital to these jobs and people that are trying to reduce the chronic and dangerous balance of payments deficit that this country suffers from.”

Cook, who was treasurer of the Conservative In campaign, which sought to keep the UK in the European Union at the 2016 referendum, said the ideas of free movement and paying money to Brussels had not been properly considered by voters.

“I don’t think they were chucked out on the basis of sensible information. The fact of the matter is that the amount of money that we contribute to the European Union was always portrayed by the leavers as a gross sum without anything in return,” he said.


Cook said he had a number of Polish machinists at his plant in Leeds, adding: “We are talking about EU citizens, with skills, coming here to fill jobs that British people are either unable to do or don’t want to do.

Asked if his concerns would be listened to in Westminster, he said: “I think some people will take me into account, others will not. This is a very diverse country, there are different views depending on who you are, where you are and, if you are a politician, where your constituency is.”

He told The Times: “It seems to me the political tail is wagging the economic dog. There appears to be a willingness to consider the sacrifice of withdrawal from the single market, which I believe will be a catastrophe.”

The prime minister has insisted she wants firms to have the “maximum freedom to trade with and operate in the single market”, but her desire to secure curbs on immigration suggests that the UK will have to give up its full membership.

EU leaders have repeatedly stressed that free movement of its citizens is a condition of single market membership that will not be negotiated away.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/07/donor-vows-to-stop-funding-tories-if-may-takes-uk-out-of-single-market

stephen25000

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Re: Bank of England now admits they got it wrong!
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2017, 09:44:56 AM »
The Bank of England has now admitted they got it wrong when they claimed a downturn in the wake of a successful Brexit vote.

Andy Haldane, the Bank of England’s chief economist, said there was a “disconnect” between political warnings about Brexit and the “remarkably placid” state of the markets, adding that the worst predictions may turn out to be “just scare stories”.



He made the concession as new figures suggested Britain was the fastest growing of all advanced economies last year after the services sector defied gloomy forecasts to hit a 17-month high.

What a bunch of tossers!  To think we the tax payers actually pay these people a fortune to churn out this garbage.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/05/bank-england-admits-michael-fish-moment-dire-brexit-predictions/

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/05/chief-economist-of-bank-of-england-admits-errors

A reminder John.

We were told by Cameron, that article 50 would be implemented immediately if the vote was to leave.

Brexit hasn't started.