Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

I am for Cameron on getting this debt down. I could only see it growing under labour.
Sadly its going to hurt.

DC,

We are bust and Cameron is digging even deeper with his ordinary level economics understanding equivalent to the biscuit tin.

Who made us bust, erh Labour, spend,spend,spend.

We are like the states now, may never be able to reduce the debt. As something else to spend on comes along.

Cameron get a First at Oxford in Economics. That's probably a bit better than Fred.

Good one Haystack

Don't know who's worse the banks or the labour party.

A NVQ level1 is probably better than Fred!

Can someone describe Fred please.

That is something that is beyond the power of words.

Wow, thats frightening.

Fred - why were you there?

Fred1new - 13 Jun 2011 19:39 - 11062 of 11073
Cameron is not even a damp squib.

I was in a tory club the other day, when he appeared on the TV, and even they groaned.

Another tory leader "has been".

Sorry, I meant Never Was.

A bit like Aids.

One of the Bank of England policy makers - Mr Weale, says interest rates should rise now to address soaring inflation. Even though doing so will hurt the weak recovery.
Thats all we need. I blame the labour party. LOL

Skinny, Fred was a heckler there and was thrown out.

I bet he was not dressed in red or have a labour scarf on.

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Theres the full report Haystack.


Rates must rise even if recovery falters, says Bank of England policymaker Martin


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Interest rates should rise now to address soaring inflation even though doing so would hurt the already weak recovery, Bank of England policymaker Martin Weale has urged.

Mr Weale, a member of the rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee (MPC (KOSDAQ: 050540.KQ - news) ), told the Finance Directors' Strategy Meeting in London that an early move on rates is needed to preserve the Bank's inflation-fighting credibility and to give it more flexibility in the months ahead.

He also argued that taking some of the pain now might mean rates do not need to rise as fast as otherwise projected, providing an effective economic stimulus in the future.

The speech will position Mr Weale as the most hawkish member of the MPC since Andrew Sentance's term expired last month. He has voted for a quarter point rise to 0.75pc since January and has been joined by Spencer Dale, the Bank's chief economist. Mr Sentance wanted rates to rise to 1pc.

Mr Weale's comments come as the Office for National Statistics publishes inflation data for May on Tuesday. The key consumer prices index is expected to have been unchanged on April at 4.5pc, more than double the Bank's official 2pc target.

Mr Weale said he is concerned that "we have exceeded the inflation target in 34 out of the last 40 months".

"After such a record, the risks that expectations of above-target inflation will become entrenched must be greater than if our recent record were better," he added. "There is a strong case to pre-empt this risk rather than wait for it to materialise."

He acknowledged that "in the short term the performance of the economy will be weakened slightly" by raising rates despite warning that recent data already suggested "short term economic growth may be slightly weaker than we had hoped".

"But, if the underlying inflationary pressures are correctly judged, interest rates further in the future will be lower than is shown by the market profile and some stimulus to output is then likely," he added.

"An early increase makes it more likely that the inflation target can be met in two to three years time because it allows for greater subsequent flexibility... If the economy is extremely weak, interest rates can be reduced again."

His argument coincided with a bullish speech from Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), who stressed: "We have seen in recent months upside risks to the outlook for price stability. The sharp increase in oil and other commodities has had a major impact on overall inflation.

"In these circumstances, the central bank must prevent increases in the prices of raw materials from being incorporated into the long-term inflation expectations, which could trigger second-round effects on wages and prices."

The ECB is expected to raise rates for the second time this year in July. In contrast to the Bank's record, Mr Trichet said the ECB had managed "a precision landing" against its 2pc target over the past 12 years

It is unlikely that interest rates will rise as the causes of the inflation are external factors such as rising commodity prices. Interest rate rises only combat inflation when it is caused by the economy overheating. Higher interest rates will just add costs to the economy and cause further inflation. In economic speak, commodities are price inelastic. That is to say that even when they go up people still have to buy them, such as food and fuel.

Has Fred done a runner?

If interest rates go up, who knows where we are going . When half the country are having problems paying the morgage now.