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DemolitionRed
05-07-2017, 01:50 PM
First to threaten interest rate rises. (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jul/04/bank-of-england-michael-saunders-interest-rates-mpc-brexit) Second it is threatening to reduce the availability of credit. (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jul/04/bank-of-england-steps-up-scrutiny-of-lenders)
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Real wages are falling (http://www.dartmouth.edu/~blnchflr/papers/db%20rc%20sm%20real%20wage%20update%20may%202017%2 0final.pdf)
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Personal debt is rising.
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We now have inflation directly caused by declining wages.
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Brexit is just around the corner.

Surely now is not the time to try and restore market normality. Are they engineering a financial crisis?