Alan Clarke Quotes

The decent numbers we have seen will persist because mortgage approvals have rebounded so strongly and they are almost at the peak we saw in 2004. - Alan Clarke

The coming three months of data will be dominated by energy prices given utility bill hikes in excess of 20 percent. - Alan Clarke

Since mid-2005 there have been concrete signs that the consumer is bouncing back and there is evidence from individual retailers as well as the key surveys that the critical Christmas period saw very robust retail spending. - Alan Clarke

Services performance was encouraging especially given the glimmers of hope on the domestic demand side. - Alan Clarke

Overall, this reinforces signs that we have seen the worst news on UK activity. - Alan Clarke

Not even the most dovish of forecasters expects interest rates to be cut at Thursday's meeting. - Alan Clarke

Mortgage approvals highlight a significant probability that we will see double-digit house price inflation this year. The MPC would do well to learn from last year's mistakes and react sooner rather than later. - Alan Clarke

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. - Alan Clarke

Growth has come back and there's still some further improvement left in the pipeline. I think the sentiment on the rate-setting committee is also evolving. With the data continuing to improve we could see a 9-0 vote fairly soon. - Alan Clarke

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