Green shoots

[BrilloPad]

Inflation will go pretty wild i suspect.

Its either that or growth. And I can't see growth happening.

[Doggy Styles]

You can pretty much ignore the GDP figures these days.

We're on a nice downward tragectory for a good few years regardless of what they show.

Inflation will go pretty wild i suspect.

What source of knowledge have you got that has a higher standing than GDP figures?

Just asking.

[sasguru]

What source of knowledge have you got that has a higher standing than GDP figures?

Just asking.

You should know by now that Robbie doesn't deal in facts and figures, just the random feelings that arise in his head.
It's the lack of an education, don't you know.

[Robinho]

GDP has more typically represented how much tulipe we have been splurging on credit and not how productive we have been.

[Doggy Styles]

GDP has more typically represented how much tulipe we have been splurging on credit and not how productive we have been.

My question was, putting it another way, what should we be looking at instead?

[Robinho]

Getting rid of the actual deficit would be a nice sign. And reducing the trade deficit.

You can look at GDP as long as you consider what the gov is spending/printing too.

[Doggy Styles]

Getting rid of the actual deficit would be a nice sign. And reducing the trade deficit.

You can look at GDP as long as you consider what the gov is spending/printing too.

Reducing the deficit. Getting rid will take many years, and I'm not sitting in a depressed heap until then.

Not so easy though when your biggest market is a bit pear-shaped.

[Robinho]

Reducing it would also be a nice sign.

[Mich the Tester]

Has anyone seen any? I know some people in motor trade and construction. They still think things are dire.

I suppose if the economy has grown atall in Q3 its better than the contraction we have just been through. But hardly green shoots.

Its tough when money is concentrated in the hands of the few so does not flow round the economy properly. I struggle to see where growth is going to come from for a few years yet.

MyCo's sales are up on last month. And the month before.

[Mich the Tester]

Its either that or growth. And I can't see growth happening.

No, you can't see growth. That's why this lady's made a helpful video;