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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
Are you a QOTWer? Do you want to start a thread that isn't a direct answer to the current QOTW? Then this place, gentle poster, is your friend.
( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Politicians don't decide the interest rate any more
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 14:21, 3 replies, latest was 10 years ago)
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 14:21, 3 replies, latest was 10 years ago)
I think the interest rates will be pushed up half a percent, and the economy will tank again.
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 14:23, Reply)
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 14:23, Reply)
not directly
but their policies do. unemployment has just dipped underneath the magical 7%, so...
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 14:23, Reply)
but their policies do. unemployment has just dipped underneath the magical 7%, so...
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 14:23, Reply)
but whaaaaaaaaa those jobs are part time whaaaaaaaaa those jobs are zero hour contracts whaaaaaaaa those jobs don't pay enough whaaaaaaaa
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 14:25, Reply)
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 14:25, Reply)
which is just kicking the can down the road
lower tax receipts = more borrowing = higher taxes and pension costs for your children.
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 14:29, Reply)
lower tax receipts = more borrowing = higher taxes and pension costs for your children.
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 14:29, Reply)
but who cares about that when you can buy votes NOW by promising to spend
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 14:39, Reply)
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 14:39, Reply)
So... the governer of the Bank of England quickly reneged on *his* policy
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 14:26, Reply)
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 14:26, Reply)
his policy was that rates would not rise until unemployment dropped below 7%
not that rates WOULD rise when unemployment dropped below 7%
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 14:28, Reply)
not that rates WOULD rise when unemployment dropped below 7%
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 14:28, Reply)
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