Alan Clarke
Alan Clarke
Alan Clarkewas an English television and film director, producer and writer...
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth28 October 1935
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It's a healthy increase. It shows the retail sector is not on the brink of falling off a cliff. I still firmly believe the next move in interest rates is more likely to be up than down.
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Not even the most dovish of forecasters expects interest rates to be cut at Thursday's meeting.
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Services performance was encouraging especially given the glimmers of hope on the domestic demand side.
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The coming three months of data will be dominated by energy prices given utility bill hikes in excess of 20 percent.
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The key message is housing market activity has improved significantly into the second half of this year and confirms the downside risks to growth from the housing market are vanishing.
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With growth back to trend, housing market indicators trending higher and consumer spending substantially improved from the mid-2005 weak spot we continue to believe the next move in rates is up not down.