DS Forums

 
 

Our forecasts are just about as good as Michael Fish's, admits BoE's chief economist


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old Today, 02:03
Palafrugel
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 1,165

Bank of England’s chief economist Andy Haldane said profession was ‘in crisis’
Said economists suffered Michael Fish moment over financial crisis and Brexit
He admitted it was 'business as usual' despite the dire warnings of a recession
Weatherman Mr Fish famously told viewers they would be no hurricane in 1987


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz4UwWrxOba
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

Hopefully this is a watershed moment.
Palafrugel is offline   Reply With Quote
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
Old Today, 02:30
david16
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Central Belt
Posts: 12,266
It wasn't a carribean or Florida style storm in 1987. Severe gales more like.

There may have been the odd hurricane force gust in parts of the UK on the track of the storm they were slightly out in 1987 (the strongest winds clipped the UK's south coast when it was expected to be the middle of the sea between the UK and France), but not sustained hurricane force wind speeds throughout the entire storm the way it is in and around the tropics. That's no consolation to those who suffered a lot of damage to their property

But in relation to Brexit, the UK has not actually left the EU. The BoE thought the UK would have started the process of leaving it hours after the result. It would have been a total disaster for the UK economy had the UK started talks to leave the EU straight away.

And the process of leaving the EU is like trying to untangle a load of wires with the attached plugs plugged into a multi gang electrical socket.
david16 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old Today, 02:36
sangreal
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 12,160
It's funny how different media outlets spin things....


Andy Haldane: Bank of England has not changed view on negative impact of Brexit
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/bu...-a7511351.html

"Bank of England chief economist says pain has been delayed rather than avoided"

Not even any mention of the Michael Fish comment there....


The BBC's version lies somewhere inbetween the Mail and Independent

Crash was economists' 'Michael Fish' moment, says Andy Haldane
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38525924

which lays emphasis more on economic predictions in general and particularly the global financial crash of 2007-09 as being the Michael Fish moment...
sangreal is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply




 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 05:48.