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Office of Budget Responsibility

Type: Organization

Name: Office of Budget Responsibility

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Bank of England

HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE BUSINESSES - BEING URGED TO TAKE PART IN THE LATEST QUARTERLY ECONOMIC SURVEY

The Chamber needs your help to create an accurate view of trading conditions of businesses in Herefordshire and Worcestershire.All you need to do is spend just 5 minutes of your time to complete our short Quarterly Economic Survey.The Quarterly Economic ... [Published Noodls - May 20 2013]

Entities: Office of Budget Responsibility, Bank of England, Chamber of Commerce

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Five-year fixes - the right choice for buyers?

According to the Guardian, the number of new five-year fixed rate mortgages leapt 73% last year. With lenders offering ever-lower interest rates on five- or even ten-year fixed mortgages, long-term borrowing at fixed rates is in vogue.By comparison, take-up ... [Published MyIntroducer.com - May 15 2013]

Entities: Mortgages, Fixed Rate, Fixed Rate Mortgage, Bank of England, Office of Budget Responsibility

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

International Monetary Fund

IMF criticizes Osbornomics for “lost decade of growth”

Chancellor George OsborneGeorge Osborne , the Chancellor, is once again under the IMF scanner, as officials of the Washington-based financial institution will arrive to review UK economic growth. With additional warnings to recall austerity drive and ... [Published Industry Leaders Magazine - May 08 2013]

Entities: International Monetary Fund, George Osborne, United Kingdom

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

OECD

Independence would mean we get our fair share of oil revenue

That constant harbinger of doom, the No campaign, is now putting forward the absurd argument that future volatility of oil prices will be a huge problem for the economy of an independent Scotland, while apparently quite content to keep the fluctuating ... [Published Herald Scotland - May 07 2013]

Entities: Scotland, Scottish Government, OECD, Wind Farms, Climate

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Call for Scots economy forecast unit

Scotland's Finance Secretary John Swinney has said he is keen to set up a Scottish alternative to the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR).The SNP minister had been critical of the London-based unit which conducts economic forecasts on a UK-wide bas ... [Published BBC - May 01 2013]

Entities: John Swinney, Landfill, Taxes

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

End the obsession

Stan Grodynski and Thomas Burgess (Letters, 30 April) and the rest of their SNP ilk keep calling for independent facts regarding the consequences of separation from the UK. We have had reports from the CBI, the Office of Budget Responsibility, the president ... [Published The Scotsman - May 01 2013]

Entities: Office of Budget Responsibility, Scotland, United Kingdom, distraction

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Deloitte

Comment: Meet confidence and cash piles conundrum

"USE it or lose it" is the coming cry. Countries, wearying of austerity and lacklustre economic performance, are piling on pressure for more capital spending and for banks to lend more to business rather than amassing huge surpluses at the Bank of England. ... [Published The Scotsman - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Deloitte, Dividend, Office of Budget Responsibility, Ian Stewart, Cairn Energy plc

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

The EU wants faster and deeper cuts

On Monday Parliament received the Treasury’s 2012-13 “Convergence Programme for the UK: submitted in line with the Stability and Growth Pact”. It was a timely reminder of more powers surrendered by the previous government. We were told at the time ... [Published John Redwood MP - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: European Union, United Kingdom, Office of Budget Responsibility, Brussels

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

Forecasting is tricky as life is unpredictable

The latest forecasts from the Office of Budget Responsibility announced as part of the Budget contained few surprises. ... [Published Mortgage Strategy - Blogs - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Office of Budget Responsibility

First reported Mar 20 2013 - Updated Mar 21 2013 - 2 reports

George Osborne's budget provides cold comfort as green shoots fail to emerge

Things are unlikely to improve by the next election and the chancellor will have to admit he has not made voters better offMany had suggested this was George Osborne's last chance to get the economy growing by the time of the election. Yet the net effect ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 20 2013]

Entities: George Osborne, Ed Balls, Elections

First reported Mar 20 2013 - Updated Mar 20 2013 - 1 reports

Budget 2013

Budget 2013 In June 2010 the Office of Budget Responsibility forecast 2.9% growth in 2012-13, 2.8% in 2013-14 and 2.7% in 2014-15. In the 2013 budget they forecast 0.2%, 0.8% and 2% for those years. The total growth of 8.6% has fallen to just 3%. ... [Published John Redwood MP - Mar 20 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Mortgages, Office of Budget Responsibility

First reported Mar 20 2013 - Updated Mar 20 2013 - 1 reports

Budget Day: what the papers say Osborne has in his red box

Chancellor expected to help low-paid with rise in tax allowance – and drop corporation tax to boost businessOne-Minute ReadLAST UPDATED AT 10:13 ON Wed 20 Mar 2013 CHANCELLOR George Osborne will unveil his Budget today as the country faces yet another ... [Published The First Post: Latest - Mar 20 2013]

Entities: George Osborne, Nick Robinson, Taxes, Office of Budget Responsibility

Quotes

"Long-term fixed rate mortgages might guarantee a certain level of repayments for a long time, but what they can’t guarantee is that the borrower will always be able to meet those repayments. Changes in an individual’s financial circumstances are hard to predict, so the flexibility a short-term fixed rate mortgage provides can be attractive."

Five-year fixes - the right choice for buyers? [Published MyIntroducer.com - May 15 2013]

"My view is that Scotland will require to have an independent forecasting body that can provide independent assessment to both the government and to parliament as to what may be generated as a consequence of these taxes and I am giving consideration as to how that should be established."

Lib Dem confusion and inconsistency on Scottish OBR [Published NewsnetScotland.com - May 02 2013]

Mr Swinney told the committee: "I found the original OBR forecasts on landfill tax inexplicable, utterly inexplicable."

Call for Scots economy forecast unit [Published BBC - May 01 2013]

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HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE BUSINESSES - B... [Published Noodls - May 20 2013]
Five-year fixes - the right choice for buyers? [Published MyIntroducer.com - May 15 2013]
IMF criticizes Osbornomics for “lost decade of ... [Published Industry Leaders Magazine - May 08 2013]
Independence would mean we get our fair share o... [Published Herald Scotland - May 07 2013]
Lib Dem confusion and inconsistency on Scottish... [Published NewsnetScotland.com - May 02 2013]
Call for Scots economy forecast unit [Published BBC - May 01 2013]
End the obsession [Published The Scotsman - May 01 2013]
Comment: Meet confidence and cash piles conundrum [Published The Scotsman - Apr 29 2013]
The EU wants faster and deeper cuts [Published John Redwood MP - Apr 23 2013]
Interview: Ed Vaizey MP – part two [Published Computer Weekly - Apr 19 2013]
The Secret FD is tired of the Budget [Published Financial Director - Apr 19 2013]
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Forecasting is tricky as life is unpredictable [Published Mortgage Strategy - Blogs - Apr 15 2013]
David Cameron hands bankers who fuelled credit ... [Published Mirror.co.uk - Apr 14 2013]
Andrew Tyrie: The most powerful backbencher in ... [Published The Independent - Apr 02 2013]
London house prices outstrip 2007 peak with a 2... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 28 2013]
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Freezing weather behind thousands of deaths [Published Telegraph - Mar 24 2013]
The chancellor is for turning after all. And, w... [Published Observer - Mar 24 2013]
Worst March snow for 30 years brings chaos [Published Telegraph - Mar 23 2013]
George Osborne's budget provides cold comfort a... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 20 2013]
George Osborne's budget speech attempts to pull... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 20 2013]
Budget 2013 [Published John Redwood MP - Mar 20 2013]
Ed Miliband taunts George Osborne as #downgrade... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 20 2013]
Osborne's budget means cash for rich and cuts f... [Published Socialist Worker - Mar 20 2013]
Budget Day: what the papers say Osborne has in ... [Published The First Post: Latest - Mar 20 2013]
Cameron corpses as Ed calls him a cab [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 13 2013]
A message to Osborne: find savings by scrapping... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 11 2013]
Scotland's oil revenues face a far greater chal... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 07 2013]

Blogs

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The EU wants faster and deeper cuts [Published John Redwood MP - Apr 23 2013] On Monday Parliament received the Treasury’s 2012-13 “Convergence Programme for the UK: submitted in line with the Stability and Growth Pact”. It was a timely reminder of more powers surrendered by the previous government. We were told at the time ...
Forecasting is tricky as life is unpredictable [Published Mortgage Strategy - Blogs - Apr 15 2013] The latest forecasts from the Office of Budget Responsibility announced as part of the Budget contained few surprises. ...
Budget 2013 [Published John Redwood MP - Mar 20 2013] Budget 2013 In June 2010 the Office of Budget Responsibility forecast 2.9% growth in 2012-13, 2.8% in 2013-14 and 2.7% in 2014-15. In the 2013 budget they forecast 0.2%, 0.8% and 2% for those years. The total growth of 8.6% has fallen to just 3%. ...
The Lib Dems could cut their losses and leave t... [Published politicalbetting.com - Feb 01 2013] Henry G Manson on Friday The fallout from the abandonment in boundary changes is already leading to recriminations. The latest upshot from the Conservative Party is to tap into the anger of large donors and target even more Liberal Democrat MPs ...
Presenting the second annual Wonky awards [Published Ezra Klein - Dec 28 2012] Welcome to the second annual Wonky awards, where we recognize outstanding achievements — and spectacular disasters — in policy wonkery. Let's get to them. Wonk of the year: Grover Norquist The definition of a "wonk" is "a person preoccupied ...