FrozenOut Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Inflation is more like 8-10% ......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Correction Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Pretty staggering stuff JM telling it like it is. For anyone that misses this it will be well worth a watch on iplayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swipe Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 He's talking a lot of sense. If anyone knows how to handle a recession it's him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chichi Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Mr Marr just said "house prices to fall quite sharply, I think everyone accepts that now" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patfig Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Come on then give us some more details I only have a wireless and me areil is bent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manterik Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Very interesting to hear him speak. Talking about things as they are. Well worth trying to catch on I-Player if you can. He is right about quite alot is old Johnny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidhpc Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Mr Marr just said "house prices to fall quite sharply, I think everyone accepts that now" Except David Smith on his blog, he thinks something is going on with the figures. "The FT house price index, compiled by Acadametrics, continues to provide an oasis of calm when set against the Halifax and Nationwide numbers. It showed a drop of 0.6% last month but a rise of 1.2% compared with a year earlier. Prices are slipping rather than crashing. The lenders' data started falling very sharply four months ago, and might have been expected to feed through to this, the broadest index, by now, so something is going on." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Cage Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Come on then give us some more details I only have a wireless and me areil is bent. The video is live for it every week. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/andr...how/default.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abteilung Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Inflation is more like 8-10% ......... He should know, he was a Chancellor & Prime Minister and presided over high inflation AND a recession, stagflation if you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patfig Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 He should know, he was a Chancellor & Prime Minister and presided over high inflation AND a recession, stagflation if you like. And he went to a comprehensive school and he shagged Edwina Curry ( better keep quite about that) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubuntu Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 And he went to a comprehensive school and he shagged Edwina Curry ( better keep quite about that) Isn't he a Lord now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patfig Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Isn't he a Lord now? Does that mean she's a lady? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Home_To_Roost Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 (edited) David Smith must have property investments. Surely nobody is that delusional in JULY 2008?! David! Wake Up! Edited July 13, 2008 by Home_To_Roost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Except David Smith on his blog, he thinks something is going on with the figures."The FT house price index, compiled by Acadametrics, continues to provide an oasis of calm when set against the Halifax and Nationwide numbers. It showed a drop of 0.6% last month but a rise of 1.2% compared with a year earlier. Prices are slipping rather than crashing. The lenders' data started falling very sharply four months ago, and might have been expected to feed through to this, the broadest index, by now, so something is going on." You could rework Bob Dylan's 'Ballad of a thin man' for him - 'Ballad of a thick man' 'Something is happening here But you don't know what it is Do you, Mr Smith?' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endgame Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 (edited) How long through the program is Major interview? about 40 mins Edited July 13, 2008 by endgame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Spart Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 How long through the program is Major interview? Starts about two thirds the way through IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avon Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Just seen this - thanks for tip. Major was quite good on RPI and CPI - saying that inflation for real people (average incomes) was around 8-10% and that the CPI was essentially meaningless. He also savaged the unemployment figures, though wasn't drawn on a 'real' figure for this. Otherwise, I thought he was a bit optimistic and didn't seem to understand the Fannie/Freddie meltdown. Otherwise, he tried to claim too much credit for the good' part of the boom for his own Government in my view. So, nice bear breakfast, but I'm in search of a proper roast with all the trimmings for lunch on Moneyweek... Two afterthoughts: (1) is it just me, or aren't the two women on the couch complete retards? Ok, one is just a nasty DM-type, praising Cameron for being ethical etc. But the other was a complete idiot, with a level of analysis of the local hairdresser, eg on the gay Bishop story. Is there no end to the feminisation of the media/TV that finding two journalists who can speak in words of more than one syllable would be 'talking-down' to the viewers? (2) Thatcher will have a state funeral: well, I for one will be in the street with an air-horn if they ask us to have a minute's silence for that woman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr Parry Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Just seen this - thanks for tip. Major was quite good on RPI and CPI - saying that inflation for real people (average incomes) was around 8-10% and that the CPI was essentially meaningless. He also savaged the unemployment figures, though wasn't drawn on a 'real' figure for this. Otherwise, I thought he was a bit optimistic and didn't seem to understand the Fannie/Freddie meltdown. Otherwise, he tried to claim too much credit for the good' part of the boom for his own Government in my view. So, nice bear breakfast, but I'm in search of a proper roast with all the trimmings for lunch on Moneyweek...Two afterthoughts: (1) is it just me, or aren't the two women on the couch complete retards? Ok, one is just a nasty DM-type, praising Cameron for being ethical etc. But the other was a complete idiot, with a level of analysis of the local hairdresser, eg on the gay Bishop story. Is there no end to the feminisation of the media/TV that finding two journalists who can speak in words of more than one syllable would be 'talking-down' to the viewers? (2) Thatcher will have a state funeral: well, I for one will be in the street with an air-horn if they ask us to have a minute's silence for that woman. Rockin' funny . . . . more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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