Re: The cost of living
Posted: Thu May 12, 2022 10:41 am
I heard his (Gove’s) now ex-wife describing him as a modern day Dante. I’m not sure how good Dante was at doing funny voices, so maybe Gove is even more of a cultural touchstone.Little waster wrote: ↑Thu May 12, 2022 10:41 amMeanwhile
I'm not entirely sure what I've just watched.
Cocaine, kids. Just say no!
Are you sure she didn't mean he's just a bit slow? <<- bad musical jokeGrumble wrote: ↑Thu May 12, 2022 3:07 pmI heard his (Gove’s) now ex-wife describing him as a modern day Dante.Little waster wrote: ↑Thu May 12, 2022 10:41 amMeanwhile
I'm not entirely sure what I've just watched.
Cocaine, kids. Just say no!
Which circle is he moving through now? Eighth or Ninth?Grumble wrote: ↑Thu May 12, 2022 3:07 pmI heard his (Gove’s) now ex-wife describing him as a modern day Dante. I’m not sure how good Dante was at doing funny voices, so maybe Gove is even more of a cultural touchstone.Little waster wrote: ↑Thu May 12, 2022 10:41 amMeanwhile
I'm not entirely sure what I've just watched.
Cocaine, kids. Just say no!
I've heard a lot of discussion that this was a deliberate dead cat ploy by Gove to distract from the message that he was delivering that the election manifesto promise of building 300k houses per year wouldn't be delivered and in fact could never have be delivered and as such that they weren't even going to attempt to try and deliver it.Grumble wrote: ↑Thu May 12, 2022 3:07 pmI heard his (Gove’s) now ex-wife describing him as a modern day Dante. I’m not sure how good Dante was at doing funny voices, so maybe Gove is even more of a cultural touchstone.Little waster wrote: ↑Thu May 12, 2022 10:41 amMeanwhile
I'm not entirely sure what I've just watched.
Cocaine, kids. Just say no!
I presume that now it's adopted, as Starmer told Johnson, Johnson can now call Starmer, "Captain Hindsight" again.
sh.t. I remember being taught about stagflation by lecturers in the early 1990s. They were describing the situation 15 years previously, and it seems that since the 1990s its been little more than a historical curiosity.
If they can wait a couple of weeks to slam up interest rates until we've got an offer on our house and a mortgage offer on the table, that'd be greatlpm wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 11:04 amBank of England:
Peak inflation now forecast to to be 11%.
Expects Q2 GDP to fall by 0.3%.
This is really f.cking bad. They need to slam up interest rates much faster than 0.25% increments, raise taxes at the top end, drive into a recession but with far higher government welfare spending at the low end. Basically crash consumption spending (C), boost government spending (G), and use classic Keynes to get us out of the recession/stagflation in 2023-24.
I for one am shocked that pointlessly sticking up trade barriers with our nearest and largest market and cutting ourselves off from a large and mobile employment pool would reduce GDP and raise inflation.Woodchopper wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 2:49 pmsh.t. I remember being taught about stagflation by lecturers in the early 1990s. They were describing the situation 15 years previously, and it seems that since the 1990s its been little more than a historical curiosity.
I'm sure Brexit hasn't helped, but Inflation is a global problem, you can't blame it just on that.Little waster wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 4:14 pmI for one am shocked that pointlessly sticking up trade barriers with our nearest and largest market and cutting ourselves off from a large and mobile employment pool would reduce GDP and raise inflation.Woodchopper wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 2:49 pmsh.t. I remember being taught about stagflation by lecturers in the early 1990s. They were describing the situation 15 years previously, and it seems that since the 1990s its been little more than a historical curiosity.
I'm guessing the only E all these PPE graduates from Oxford Uni must get exposed to are the ones with the smiley faces on that Ravey Dave used to slip to them in the Student Union on a Friday night.
No but it worsens all the global economic challenges we face whether it is the pandemic, the war in Ukraine or world inflation.monkey wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 4:37 pmI'm sure Brexit hasn't helped, but Inflation is a global problem, you can't blame it just on that.Little waster wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 4:14 pmI for one am shocked that pointlessly sticking up trade barriers with our nearest and largest market and cutting ourselves off from a large and mobile employment pool would reduce GDP and raise inflation.Woodchopper wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 2:49 pm
sh.t. I remember being taught about stagflation by lecturers in the early 1990s. They were describing the situation 15 years previously, and it seems that since the 1990s its been little more than a historical curiosity.
I'm guessing the only E all these PPE graduates from Oxford Uni must get exposed to are the ones with the smiley faces on that Ravey Dave used to slip to them in the Student Union on a Friday night.
ALL. THE. BIG. CALLS. RIGHT.El Pollo Diablo wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 1:26 pmConsumer confidence is the lowest ever, apparently. Lower than during the 2008 global recession. Lower than during austerity. Lower than after the Brexit vote. Lower than during the depth of the pandemic. Also, according to the Guardian, lower than "manufacturing wipe out of the early 1980s, [and] the housing crash of the early 1990s".
https://twitter.com/HelloMcQueen/status ... 8614669316
Well, he's a hack, innee? He thinks that when the next crisis comes along, the old one must be over, like living through daily headlines.FlammableFlower wrote: ↑Sat Jun 25, 2022 7:43 amJust to bring threads annoyingly together...
One of the things Johnson blamed the recent by-election defeats on was the cost of living crisis, but now he's going to move on. He's going to be in for a shock if he thinks that that we've seen the worst of this crisis.
In Italy, the hot and dry conditions are expected to destroy a third of the seasonal harvest of rice, corn, and animal fodder — at a minimum. Locusts have descended on the island of Sardinia in the worst invasion in three decades, hurting the production of hay and alfalfa. The European Commission recently downgraded its soft-wheat harvest estimates from 130 million tons to 125 million tons — more bad news amid a food shortage precipitated by Russia’s blockade on exports from Ukraine.
New normal, innit.In a report last year, researchers at the European Central Bank examined the evidence that abnormal temperatures can drive inflation. Looking at seasonal temperatures and price indicators in 48 countries, they found that hot summers had “by far the largest and longest-lasting impact” on food prices. The effect lasted almost a year and was especially noticeable in developing countries. “We find that higher temperatures over recent decades have played a non-negligible role in driving price developments,” the authors concluded.
Something something ... shouldn’t tackle climate change ... something ... protect the economy ... something.Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Sun Jul 17, 2022 9:20 pmHeatflation: How sizzling temperatures drive up food prices
In Italy, the hot and dry conditions are expected to destroy a third of the seasonal harvest of rice, corn, and animal fodder — at a minimum. Locusts have descended on the island of Sardinia in the worst invasion in three decades, hurting the production of hay and alfalfa. The European Commission recently downgraded its soft-wheat harvest estimates from 130 million tons to 125 million tons — more bad news amid a food shortage precipitated by Russia’s blockade on exports from Ukraine.New normal, innit.In a report last year, researchers at the European Central Bank examined the evidence that abnormal temperatures can drive inflation. Looking at seasonal temperatures and price indicators in 48 countries, they found that hot summers had “by far the largest and longest-lasting impact” on food prices. The effect lasted almost a year and was especially noticeable in developing countries. “We find that higher temperatures over recent decades have played a non-negligible role in driving price developments,” the authors concluded.
I think it's reasonable to expect food prices in general to stay higher and less predictable than we got used to in recent decades.
Returns from VAT increase automatically. Revenue from income tax will increase in line with pay rises. Corporation tax will be complicated.El Pollo Diablo wrote: ↑Wed Jul 27, 2022 11:50 amQuick question from me on inflation - how does the current high inflation affect government income from taxes, etc?