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http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/st...1994947,00.html Raise interest rates to protect a financial crash ?

It's probably next to another one. The bakers and florist closed down to be replaced by EA's!

In the village I live in the strip of shops have been replaced with EA's. Further in the town there is a whole street of EA's. Is this typical ? How many estate agents are there in the UK and what's there contribution to service sector growth? Could we already be in recession ?

Do you think we're in a MEW spiral where BOE keep raising rates and the masses just carry on spending transfering debt to the house?

http://business.scotsman.com/banking.cfm?id=102122007 Bubble economy ? How high will inflation go ?

How will the BOE defend Sterling in the event of a crash ?

It's a tactic to deflect press away from the main issue of inflation and the economy.... Take note that the BOE bods are going around talking bearish... (not about big brother)

Things are hotting up for Sterling exchange rates... http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/.../13/default.stm http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/.../12/default.stm Is anyone else a bit worried ?

Yep subjectively a load more (20+ since last week) 100K studio flats have appeared in my local area. I guess the BTL lot recalculated their yields....

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/...ncy/default.stm http://business.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=95242007 Time to move out of Sterling or start importing US goods ?

So something else dragging down GDP growth aswell as housing ?

Lot of people at work mentioned snow next week. Will this affect the inflation figures ?

Why are the Saudi's sitting back ? What about the future Iran-US situation ? 2009 ?

A few comments yesterday(economists) on the news suggested that interest rates will be falling in late 2007. How easily can falling inflation turn to deflation \ recession?

How long do the rate rises take to feed through ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6267087.stm Moving the workforce to a lower pay zone. Did this news slip out today ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6267087.stm Moving the workforce to a lower pay zone.

Oil price is low but inflation is high. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...YI&refer=uk "Transport, along with furniture and household goods, pushed the consumer-price index higher in December, the statistics office said. Transport prices, boosted by higher fuel costs, contributed 0.2 percentage point to the index, while the share for furniture and household goods was 0.11 point." What's going on ?

2.9% How many decimal places do they go to and do they round down but not up ?

add to that LCD panel prices are falling... Memory prices seem to have fallen off a cliff. 1gb flash drive for £5. Ipods should get cheaper but they won't! How do you think the Iran issue will affect inflation ?

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/...34183_1,00.html Sorry if this has been posted before. Does commercial normally outperform residential ?

Zimbabwe inflation.....

Then suddenly there are too many houses (BTL sales, and speculative building). Rents stagnate and the BTL bubble bursts. The problem for me is how many BTL's are like that 700+ property Ashford couple ? Are there any statistics for the number of properties in average BTL portfolio ? Surely the BTL's need to aquire more property if rents aren't rising fast enough ?

If few FTB's can get 6X multiple mortgage as credit tightens will FTB property prices fall back to what the banks are willing to lend? I'm concered for friends that a reported under supply in this area will switch rapidly to oversupply.

A week old but.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6238565.stm "Key challenges ahead included an "unprecedented" security situation, the environment and the economy, he said." 7th Jan 2007....the treasury models adjusted with a new CPI rate ? "I think there is a job to be done for the future of Britain. The next 10 years will have challenges that are quite different from the last 10 years," "The idea of the state being an overbearing state, which a lot of people have associated with the governments of the past, that cannot be the government of the future." Translation:- We're going to cut public spending alot. "He said investment in education would increase, there were be "more choice" in the classroom and children should be kept in education until they are 18 years old." Translation:- We will be in recession there won't be any jobs and we don't want them 16-18yr olds showing up in the unemployment figures or claiming benefit.