In this Perspective Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses the Queen’s Speech and other recent economic and political developments including the latest MPC decision and some implications of the recent French and Greek elections.
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Economic Insight - 30th April 2012
The latest GDP should be taken with a pinch of salt: but buoyant growth is worryingly elusiveIn this Perspective Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses the latest GDP figures and whether the current recession really is “worse than the 1930s”.
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Economic Insight - 16th April 2012
Britain will need austerity programmes for the foreseeable future; and turmoil returns to the Eurozone In this Perspective Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses the renewed turmoil in the Eurozone and the UK’s public spending data in the light of the latest OECD report on fiscal consolidation.
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Econmic Insight - 2nd April 2012
In this Perspective Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses aspects of March Budget.
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Economic Insight - 19th March 2012
In this Perspective Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses the forthcoming Budget, due on 21 March.
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Economic Insight- 5th March 2012
The economic background to the Budget: slow growth domestically, worse in the Eurozone, better in the US In this Perspective Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses the economic background, both domestically and in our main export markets, to the Budget (21 March).
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