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What going to happen if interest rates go over 6% next year😱
That would be double in one year!

'I've never seen anything like it': Former Bank of England official warns it's time to talk about a recession

A former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has warned that it is time to talk about a recession as markets continue to reel following the government's mini-budget last week.
Professor of economics at Dartmouth College Danny Blanchflower explained that Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's announcement on Friday has caused "chaos" across the country.
"I've never seen anything quite like it," he told Sky News.
"Over the weekend, the chancellor made a schoolboy error and then said more of this stuff is coming, and so chaos reigns."
He added that the Bank of England will have to "probably pretty quickly" deal with the tumbling pound.
"The big word we should be talking about much more than we were talking about on Friday is recession," Prof Blanchflower added.
"If you're going to raise interest rates to 5.5% very quickly, chaos has reigned.
"Consumer confidence is very low. Markets are in disarray. It looks like the housing market is set to crash.
"I have never seen anything like this. You're going to have to see some intervention this week because the government is sitting and hoping that no big shoe is going to drop.
"But I wouldn't bet on it. I think this week is a major problem. Can they get through the end of the week? I doubt it."
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced yesterday he would reveal more costings for his economic plan on 23 November but Professor Blanchflower does not believe the country can wait that long.
"The idea that you can wait for two months to try and get some view of the OBR (Office for Budget Responsibility), it's cloud-cuckoo-land," he added.
He explained that if he were still a member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee he would be "voting for a 100 basis point rise" and dealing with the consequences later.
"Two months is like 20 centuries in markets. So stand by your bids, be careful of what's coming and the idea that we can wait two months is a joke," he said,
He added that people across the UK need to hear from the government and from the Bank of England to "reassure them that they're going to be to look after them because these problems are not their own creation".
'Chaos reigned, consumer confidence is low and markets are in disarray' "I have never seen anything like this" says Professor Danny Blanchflower as he predicts the government 'will not make it to the end of the week' without implementing change.


'We are in a big mess' - Economic expert warns that Bank of England interest rate hike could cause 'further turmoil'

An economic advisor has warned that the Bank of England risks causing "further turmoil" if it increases interests rates after November.
Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic advisor of Allianz, told Sky News the country is already in "a big mess" and urged for action to be taken.
It comes after several banks pulled mortgage deals and increased rates on the market.
"The marketplace has repriced interest rates by 1% to 1.25%," Mr El-Erian said.
"If you're taking out a mortgage today, you're paying about 25% more in monthly payments than you would have been last Thursday."
 
Pound sterling this morning, it is currently trading LOWER than just before BoE announced their intervention...

#2 at the Treasury looking like a real twat:

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It's lower now....
 
Former member of the monetary policy committee Danny Blanchflower discusses the reaction to the Chancellor's mini-budget.

View: https://youtu.be/WELxV1wasME

In about a week Truss has to come out of hiding and make a speech at the Tory Party Conference 🍿
 
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Are we seeing a "moron risk premium" being applied to the £ Prof Jonathan Portes - "In other words, the people running the British economy, Truss & Kwarteng, are so incompetent that you simply don't know what they're going to do next... "


Rebuke from IMF is a global embarrassment for Truss and Kwarteng​

 
This hasn't aged well:

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Kwasi Kwarteng sacked !!!!!!!

4 Chancellors in 3 months & 4 Prime Ministers in 6 years

Liz Truss sacks Kwasi Kwarteng before corporation tax U-turn​

Chancellor shares letter saying he has accepted prime minister’s request for him to stand aside


New Chancellor is not a financial expert... but is loyal to Murdoch.
 
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