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frog222
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Re: Monday 29th January 2018

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During last year's general election, Theresa May argued there was "No magic money tree" to pay for the things some voters wanted. Although she was chided for being unsympathetic to various worthy spending claims, a more fundamental criticism could have been levelled at the Prime Minister: There is indeed a Magic Money Tree!! Since the financial crisis, no less than £435billion of new money has been created through the policy of "quantitative easing", equivalent to a fifth of Britain's annual GDP. In this programme, financial journalist Michael Robinson finds out what happened to this staggering sum of money, and evaluates its effect on the lives of us all.

With the help of expert testimony, Robinson explains how this controversial policy works, effectively creating money at the push of a button. But as he also finds out, the new funds are only indirectly injected into the wider economy, typically through big institutional investors lending to companies. Few of these transactions, it turns out, have involved the kind of 'real world' investment that might be expected to stimulate the productive economy and generate growth. Indeed, almost all of them have been within the financial sector itself, and many people argue that the returns on QE have been astonishingly small.

Moreover, the influx of cash has inflated the price of assets, and led to a relative widening of the gap between rich and poor, which now threatens to upset our economic and political order. Even QE's deliberate objective to lower interest rates has also served to make homes and shares more expensive, while those already holding such assets have seen the greatest benefit. Britain's own 'Magic Money Tree' might have saved the economy from meltdown almost a decade ago, but it seems its many side-effects might have been far less beneficial


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frog222
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SpinningHugo
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Re: Monday 29th January 2018

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frog222 wrote:. Even QE's deliberate objective to lower interest rates

That is just flat wrong. Interest rates are at the zlb. Because rates cannot go negative, QE is the nearest monetary policy equivalent. Without QE rates would be below the zlb for longer.
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SpinningHugo wrote:
frog222 wrote:. Even QE's deliberate objective to lower interest rates

That is just flat wrong. Interest rates are at the zlb. Because rates cannot go negative, QE is the nearest monetary policy equivalent. Without QE rates would be below the zlb for longer.
What on earth are you talking about?

Lowering interest rates is an objective of QE.

Google it!
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Dynamite if true

https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertonardell ... uk-will-be" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

the-governments-own-brexit-analysis-says-the-uk-will-be

bit of a cliff-hanger there :lol:
howsillyofme1
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Re: Monday 29th January 2018

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Here is a link that tries to explain it simply

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/q/qu ... easing.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I will accept that these unconventional policies can have complicated interactions that cannot be easily be written in a simplified format - they may also have contradictory outcomes (and that is the basis of a lot of the tax arguments when people say raising taxes causes a fall in income - I am not saying they are right though).

Unfortunately a lot of these consequences are predicated on people's behaviour (eg for the tax question, the argument is that people will avoid paying or move money) which I think is a dangerous basis as people tend not to always behave as anticipated

What I think is the intention is that the ZLB is a limit that cannot practically be passed and so interest rates cannot go lower (although the Swiss have tried it to weaken the Franc). A way to bring growth when the ZLB is reached is to use QE - so in effect without QE my reading is that there would be a temptation to hold or breach the ZLB to provide stimulus but the law of unintended consequences comes into play.

The thing is Hugo, you reply with such dismissal and arrogance to other people's posts when you have demonstrated time and again you are just, at least, as fallible as the rest of us. The world is complicated and it is very rarely as black and white as you try to make it. Coping with complexity and trying to make a judgement on it an intelligent person makes. The second important thing, that I have had drummed into me as a scientist, is that you have to keep an open mind and accept that you will be proved wrong time and again. To err is to be human. If you cannot maintain an open mind then really you do not have much place on a board such as this

I suggest that if you cannot learn some good manners and humility you should just avoid posting.....
gilsey
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PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Dynamite if true

https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertonardell ... uk-will-be" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

the-governments-own-brexit-analysis-says-the-uk-will-be

bit of a cliff-hanger there :lol:
This new analysis suggests that there could be opportunity for the UK in agreeing trade deals with non-EU countries and deregulating in areas such as the environment, product standards, and employment law.

However, the analysis also casts doubt on the idea that these benefits would be enough to mitigate the losses to the economy caused by leaving the single market and customs union. Moving away from the existing set of rules and standards would also make it harder to trade with the EU in the future, and would be politically controversial domestically.
One hopes that 'politically controversial' is an understatement.

It's saying that we could trash all our environmental, health and labour protections and still be worse off in trade terms.
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howsillyofme1
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Re: Monday 29th January 2018

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PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Dynamite if true

https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertonardell ... uk-will-be" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

the-governments-own-brexit-analysis-says-the-uk-will-be

bit of a cliff-hanger there :lol:

This could be a game-changer...wonder how the nut jobs like Rees-Mogg will react?

If they turn nasty, it could become very nationalistic and be all about sovereignty and immigration again, seeing the economic argument will be difficult to agree - unless they drag Minford from out of his hole again.

Th trouble is, and I know I sound like a broken record, is that any deal such as the EEA will play into the sovereignty-maniacs' hands as we will not have a significant input into new rules and regulations, and definitely no vote or veto.

Labour will have to react to this as well - could this be a step to them changing policy? I wonder if they will be allowed to see it - it would be astonishing if this was kept secret from them or Benn and his committee
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Re: Monday 29th January 2018

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PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Dynamite if true

https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertonardell ... uk-will-be" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

the-governments-own-brexit-analysis-says-the-uk-will-be

bit of a cliff-hanger there :lol:

Everyone rational already knows this. It doesn't matter.
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Re: Monday 29th January 2018

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In your opinion.
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SpinningHugo
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AnatolyKasparov wrote:In your opinion.

Who else's would it be do you think? Am I chaneling a third person without knowing it?
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citizenJA
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Re: Monday 29th January 2018

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We just don't know.
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Re: Monday 29th January 2018

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citizenJA wrote:We just don't know.

You think I'm possessed?

But if I am, and as you don't know who I am, why would that matter to you out here in the internet?

Of all the complaints,that I express opinions without adding the words "this is my opinion"is the weirdest. In my opinion.
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Re: Monday 29th January 2018

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Goodnight, everyone
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