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TUFM Investors Forum

TUFM Investors Forum at the House of Lords

TUFM held an Investors Forum at the House of Lords on Tuesday, February 23rd. During the course of this event, TUFM showcased its new website.

Dennis Turner, Chief Economist at HSBC, made a presentation in which he said that although the recession was technically over, there was some way to go before the economy was back to 'business as usual'. He explained that this will take most of 2010 and recovery will be slow and fragile. Dennis highlighted that the response of the authorities to the recession has been unprecedented, with the lowest interest rates for over 300 years, the biggest fiscal easing in British history, a weak/competitive exchange rate and £200 billion of quantitative easing.

He also pointed out that although slow, largely because of the huge debt overhang amongst households and the public sector, GDP is now picking up. If, however, the UK economy is to look forward to a period of sustained, low inflation growth, there is a need to re-balance activity, with larger contributions coming from exports and investment and less from consumption

Dennis concluded that while the government deficit has to be reduced, and interest rates will need to rise to keep inflation under control, this is the agenda for 2011 rather than this year.