John Butler
John Butler
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The dilemma the MPC face is whether they respond to the growing doubts over the extent of economic recovery this year or feel constrained by the rebound in the housing market. Different members seem to put different weights on these arguments.
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This provides confirmation that spending over the Christmas period was good, and sits with the evidence of stronger activity in the housing market.
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Our pilot told us to bail out and we went.
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Overall this a committee that are on hold for the foreseeable future as they seem comfortable while near-term growth is at trend and inflation is close to target.
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Overall the recovery in business investment has proved disappointing, despite companies being cash rich.
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It depends what it goes up to. As long as it's not too, too much, I don't have a problem with it.
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Passing through Berlin we were right in the middle of an air raid. Bombs were exploding all around us.
played
We played as well as we could have with what we had. We were getting pretty banged up.
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We predict GDP growth of 0.6 per cent when the figures are published next Wednesday.
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We couldn't afford to quit at anytime in the game. We've had our backs to the wall the past few weeks and every game has been a playoff game for us. This one put us in the tournament.
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We gave up two power-play goals because of undisciplined hockey. When you do that (take penalties), that's what happens.
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You know what? I don't know if he ever has felt this secure, anywhere. Doug knows he's not going to be looking over his shoulder here.
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You know what Doug told me? Maybe there sometimes comes a point where it's not all bad to help somebody. And then, when your time is up, you can look back and say I had something to do with it. That's when I knew he would be helping Drew this year.
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We need help. We need the ability to change the amount we are paying.