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Which only goes to prove doubled dosed people can still infect others and we will need to carry on testing before leaving the country or large gatherings for a lot,lot longer.In fact because of the success of the vaccine fewer people will be aware of their infection and will increase transmission until such a point it further mutates into something the person is aware of.
LTI,vaccination has reduced your risks but the virus can come from anyone.
Isn't it ironic that 2 mins on the Hanc0ck soft porn channel did it when 128,000 deaths,the hopeless roll out of the PPE,the not fit for purpose test and trace or the 5 million on the NHS waiting list didn't.
Downing Street or Coronation Street what's the difference when you believe in tooth fairies.
"Business investment is estimated to have fallen by 11.9% in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2021; in comparison with pre-pandemic levels in Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2019, it is 18.4% lower."
That's after 3 and 1/2 years of flat lining since the referendum,but i do agree we have a shortage of skilled labour which has been drawn cheaply from Europe in the main and will further hamper investments.
LTI,Guess you're right again and the Bank of England wrong,take it up with them.
"Methodology
The Bank has identified regular daily CHAPS payments from merchant acquirers to approximately 100 ‘large’ retail corporates within its transactional data. A large retailer is defined for this purpose as one with a minimum of £5 million card purchase proceeds received through CHAPS in 2020. The large retailers are each mapped to one of 15 different retail sectors (comparable to ONS Consumer Trends series), based on their primary business. These 15 retail sectors have in turn been mapped into four consumption category series (staples, delayable, work-related, social). We have weighted each sector in the series according to its (relative) share of annual UK household consumption in Q4 2019. The mapping of the retail sectors to the four consumption category series, and the weighting into the total spending on credit and debit cards series are shown in Table 1."
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/payment-and-settlement/chaps-faster-indicator
Aggregate CHAPS payments peaked at 106(100 = Feb 2020) 5th May 21 and have fallen to 90.46 by the 17th June which puts us back to the 4th Aug 2020.
Use of cash for payment has decreased by at least 10% since feb 2020 so CHAPS in theory should be running 10pts higher throughout.
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/economicoutputandproductivity/output/bulletins/economicactivityandsocialchangeintheukrealtimeindicators/24june2021#uk-spending-on-debit-and-credit-cards
LTI,35% is a nicer figure and would confirm Brits still have confidence in the UK economy but you seem happier with higher figures,each to their own.
According to the U.S. Treasury department, foreigners owned $8.63 trillion worth of U.S. equities through the end of the second quarter of 2019, which is the equivalent of 35.3% of the total market capitalization of the S&P 500
LTI,
if the SP of lloyds goes up,something we'd both support and 66% of the shareholders are foreign then it benefits more foreigners than Brits.
No more anti UK negativity please,although i think the please is wasted on you.
LTI,
A couple of Pro UK thoughts,if you were happy for Lloyds to pay smaller dividends more cash would stay in the UK to invest here.
"Foreign investors now own 66% of UK-listed shares, up from 64% in 2019, according to analysis of the London market that shows a steep decline in domestic holdings by British shareholders."
Come on England!
Well tomorrow is the big day for direction and if the B of E suggest rates are likely to rise then a lot of people and business are going to be pushed over the edge like in 2009/2010
"Significant reduction in the impairment charge. Impairment
charge was 45 per cent lower at £13,181 million (2009: £23,988 million)"
But if they suggest rates are going to stay the same then the banks are going to suffer from a low NIM,either way it's not good news.
https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/L/LSE_LLOY_2010.pdf
Tremendous news for the future,buying property in a medium risk flood plain.
https://www.getthedata.com/flood-map/peterborough
RE: Guesses for this coming Friday share price,.
Closing time ; Monday @ 7:00am
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Nash,
"Globally, none of the Govt' can repay the debt created in the last 24 months. You can only reduce the impact of the debt by higher inflation which could be induced by QE or by economic growth."
That's what they want you to believe but if we transferred 5% of the wealth(£500bn) off the balance sheet with higher council tax bands,beyond H (£320,000) and land tax spread over 5 years we could afford it.
I would have thought the protest vote in Amersham is having a negative effect so what has happened since the 6th of May.
Well we surpassed the 70% of first doses on the 17th May which many countries/states are treating as freedom day so i would suggest a lot of frustration as to why one month later on we have yet to release the people to enjoy the summer any way they seem fit and let the minority of none vaccinated practice their cautionary approach.
To blame as Professor John Curtis did any remainers left in Amersham is ridiculous.
livestock
FED has brought forward 2 x.25% rate increases for 2023,dollar has strengthened and hope UK rates will follow.
The same happened in 2018 with UK raising .5% but economy weakened during 2019.
Would the B of E pump money in and simultaneously raise rates?
Wait for the tapering and then we'll find out the strength of the UK economy until then we need cheaper money such as bounce back loan which don't get paid.
"Good set of figures higher than the BoE estimated 2.0% shows the country in growth"
Don't think so,it just means prices are going up.
I would think before they raise interest rates they would cool the economy down if needed by reducing the current deficit of £200 billion for this year.
LTI,here they are again,you took it as pro EU but Germany has been an important trading party for centuries long before the EU and their import figures have to balance with our export numbers.
A 21.3% fall in exports since Jan 1st 2021 is noteworthy.
https://www.destatis.de/EN/Press/2021/06/PE21_267_51.html;jsessionid=70AEADF451F634848AA7B8FCBFECF4C9.live732