green Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17547978 Is this the reason why the Tories are desperate to fill up our jerry cans. Cynical no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f0rd Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Since the BBC brought fair and balanced journalism to the report, I'd thought id bring it to this thread: "But many other analysts are predicting economic growth in the first quarter." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptowngirl Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Since the BBC brought fair and balanced journalism to the report, I'd thought id bring it to this thread: "But many other analysts are predicting economic growth in the first quarter." Print is a bit small for a fair balance. But many other analysts are predicting economic growth in the first quarter. Cynical.. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 In the balance of fairness... Heres the Torygraph article... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/9173199/UK-is-back-in-recession-says-OECD.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17547978 Is this the reason why the Tories are desperate to fill up our jerry cans. Cynical no? And to make it even more balanced: The forecasts of the OECD and the OBR are so consistently wrong we might as well ask Michael Fish for his GDP growth forecasts http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyyoung/100120307/the-forecasts-of-the-oecd-and-the-obr-are-so-consistently-wrong-we-might-as-well-ask-michael-fish-for-his-gdp-growth-forecasts/ And: Economic Outlook 2010: First, bet on the OECD being wrong again http://blogs.marketwatch.com/cody/2009/12/29/economic-outlook-2010-first-bet-on-the-oecd-being-wrong-again/ Google "OECD Wrong" for loads more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Print is a bit small for a fair balance. But many other analysts are predicting economic growth in the first quarter. Cynical.. What do you think? I think it's the usual boilerplate C-Y-A statement, is all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 And to make it even more balanced: The forecasts of the OECD and the OBR are so consistently wrong we might as well ask Michael Fish for his GDP growth forecasts http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyyoung/100120307/the-forecasts-of-the-oecd-and-the-obr-are-so-consistently-wrong-we-might-as-well-ask-michael-fish-for-his-gdp-growth-forecasts/ And: Economic Outlook 2010: First, bet on the OECD being wrong again http://blogs.marketwatch.com/cody/2009/12/29/economic-outlook-2010-first-bet-on-the-oecd-being-wrong-again/ Google "OECD Wrong" for loads more. I think ill "short" this one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeX Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I thought they weren't predicting recession as they were saying the economy was going to go in and out of growth. That's not recession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 If there is a recession I think we can put it down the unseasonably warm weather were having Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 If there is a recession I think we can put it down the unseasonably warm weather were having Im sure George will have a multitude of excuses should the panic buying of Petrol this week not be enough to cover the fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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