text stringlengths 1 654k |
|---|
The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee meets on Thursday. Last month, two members, Martin Weale and Ian McCafferty reversed their decision as they joined other MPC members in a unanimous vote against a rate rise. Since August the two had voted to increase base rate from 0.50 per cent to 0.75 per cent. |
Samuel Tombs of Capital Economics said: 'January's Markit/CIPS report on services provided further reassurance that the UK economy is not on the cusp of a renewed slowdown and suggested that it would be foolish to discount the possibility of a 2015 interest rate hike altogether. |
'We think that the recovery could gain even more pace over the coming months. While oil prices have picked up in recent weeks, they are still around half the levels seen six months ago and consumers have not yet seen the full benefits.' |
Howard Archer added: 'It still looks a very close call to us as to whether the Bank will raise interest rates before the end of this year or hold fire until early-2016. Developments in wages and inflation expectations will be key to when the Bank of England finally starts edging interest rates up, as well as how well g... |
Martin Beck, senior economic advisor to the EY ITEM Club, said: 'The services sector looks to be sharing in the disinflationary wave hitting the UK economy. Operating expenses rose at the slowest rate in over five-and-a-half years, while growth in output prices was negligible. |
'This is yet another reason to expect that the Monetary Policy Committee will vote unanimously to keep the Bank Rate on hold at the conclusion of its meeting on 5 February.' |
Waiting game: The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, and his fellow rate-setters are waiting for the right economic conditions before raising interest rates |
Waiting game: The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, and his fellow rate-setters are waiting for the right economic conditions before raising interest rates |
The PMI data will be welcomed by the chancellor, George Osborne and the Prime Minister, David Cameron, who will be using the economic recovery as one of the main themes of the campaign for the General Election on May 7. |
'The data will allay fears that the economy is slowing sharply, having merely seen growth cool during the winter to a more sustainable pace,' said Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit. |
'Even more encouraging is the upturn in employment. The surveys are currently signalling an impressive net rate of job creation of approximately 70,000 per month.' |
Official data has shown a reduced pace of job creation in recent months, even as the headline employment rate fell to its lowest level in more than six years at 5.8 per cent. |
But the services PMI's employment index rose by more than 2 points to 57.1 - the best reading since last June and jointly the second-highest in the survey's 19-year history. |
Growth and hiring across the construction and manufacturing industries also quickened, according to similar PMI surveys earlier this week. |
Prices paid by services companies for goods and energy rose at the slowest pace since June 2009. Sharp falls in the price of fuel - driven down by oil prices more than halving over the last six months - led to cuts in operating costs at many companies. |
Markit's Williamson said the lack of inflation pressures meant there was little likelihood of the Bank of England raising interest rates any time soon, leaving early 2016 as the most likely time for a first rate hike. |
Growth: The latest PMI data shows economic activity in the eurozone grew faster than expected in January |
Growth: The latest PMI data shows economic activity in the eurozone grew faster than expected in January |
A further survey from Markit showed economic activity in the Eurozone growing at its fastest pace in six months in January as firms cut prices at their quickest rate in almost five years. |
The survey, carried out mostly before the European Central Bank announced a near-trillion euro quantitative easing programme to revive inflation and boost the economy, pointed to first-quarter growth of 0.3 per cent. |
Markit's final January Composite Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), seen as a good indicator of growth, stood at 52.6, higher than a preliminary estimate of 52.2 and December's 51.4. |
'The euro zone enjoyed a positive start to 2015, as growth of economic activity accelerated. Among the big-four nations, output expanded in Germany, Italy and Spain, but the downturn in the French economy extended into its ninth month,' Markit said. |
Andy Scott, from HiFX said: 'Sterling pushed up against both the euro and the U.S. dollar to 1.3250 and 1.5190 respectively, following the release on Wednesday morning. However, it remains below its highest levels for 2015 against both currencies due to a slight recovery in the euro following the ECB announcing its lar... |
Advertisement |
UK PMi data suggests economy on course for continued growth in 2015 |
Search within |
Working on the Funny Dog Videos Page |
The rumours are true. Funny dog Leo has launched his own blog. |
Howwwwldy Folks! Just relaxing in the sun. Working with my human mom on the blog and getting ready for some lunch. I’m still not moving around much today but I’m in a happier mood. Anyway, before chowing down I thought I should let you know where I’m at with my dog blog. |
Mom’s helping me set up the doggie blog post categories and the first page Funny Dog Videos is in the works. |
After a couple of late night brainstorming sessions we’ve come up with a website blueprint for the Blogging Cur. Plan is to fill the website with laughter by adding pages of cute dog pictures, silly stunts performed by canines and pretty sure we’ll be adding a dog meme or two along the way. |
I’m feeling a tad under the weather this week. The sunshine is helping. |
Pretty tough to keep up with my foster puppy brother |
Talk about a funny dog, his tongue keeps falling out of his mouth. And, don’t even get me started on those ears. |
He keeps stealing all my toys and my humans attention. |
Ok, so he’s kind of a cute pup and I’ve had fun going for walks with him and even playing. |
Mom keeps telling me what a good boy I am and how I’m a real patient dog. |
Please follow my blog & check back often. |
It is currently Sun Oct 13, 2019 12:28 pm |
All times are UTC - 8 hours |
Post new topic Reply to topic [ 33 posts ] Go to page 1, 2, 3, 4 Next |
Author Message |
PostPosted: Mon May 20, 2013 10:57 am |
Joined: Fri Feb 15, 2013 1:36 pm |
Posts: 17 |
Hey all, here's some transcriptions/outlines I've done of some of Emil's tunes. The reason I say "outlines" is because, as Emil said somewhere on this forum when asked about posting some transcriptions he basically said "I'd be happy to help but a lot of holy sons tunes are written/recorded fast and sometimes in differ... |
Last edited by no.divisions on Mon May 20, 2013 2:12 pm, edited 1 time in total. |
Top |
Profile |
Reply with quote |
PostPosted: Mon May 20, 2013 11:02 am |
Joined: Fri Feb 15, 2013 1:36 pm |
Posts: 17 |
Gnostic Device" |
G#- ================== F# E |
I can't walk these streets at night, |
G#- ==================F# E |
Humility reveals and puts me right |
B=========== A#- ==G#- == F# |
I can't trust these eyes, or realities disguise, |
== ==E (let ring out) |
Till you put me in my place put me in my place put me up |
G#- ==== A |
Ohhhhhh ohhhhhh |
G#- ========'======F# ======= E |
I always thought that I was doing wrong |
(same progression continues) |
G#- ========F#======== E |
I can't walk these streets at night |
So, as you can see this song is basically one chord progression that (on the studio version) has three different variations on it. The "I can't trust these eyes..." is just a descending bass line walking down from the relative major of the key. This same thing happens in "ready to die." |
Please note also that if your going to play along the with "decline..." recording, Emil is tuned down a whole step. |
To give you an idea of some variation on the main progression: |
E |
B 4== 4== 4== 4 ===== 2 ==0 |
G 4== 4== 4== 4 ===== 3 ==1 |
D 6== 6== 6== 6 ===== 4 ==2 GUITAR 1 |
A 6== 6== 6== 6 =====4 ==2 |
E 4== 4== 4== 4 ===== 2 ==0 these guitars are overdubbed on each other |
E ==========================0 |
B ==========================0 |
G ==========================1 GUITAR 2 |
D ==========================2 |
A |
E |
This is based more on how I've heard it played live. |
Hopefully the tab there will give you an idea what I'm talking about. |
I'm not at my place right now so I'm typing this out on a blackberry playbook so sorry if that's a tad messy. Just listen to the recording and you'll get it. |
I think what makes some people think this song, from a purely harmonic standpoint, think it's more complicated then it is is due to the great arrangement and instrumentation. |
An example of a much more harmonically rich tune would be "a chapter must be closed" that sees Emil changing keys three times in the song. |
He posted a live video of holysons playing "gnostic device" to his vimeo account. Just check that out and this transcription should all make sense. |
When I typed this out on the bb it crunched all the chords together so I used = to space them. |
Also, in case you don't know, - means minor. |
Last edited by no.divisions on Mon May 20, 2013 11:30 am, edited 2 times in total. |
Top |
Profile |
Reply with quote |
PostPosted: Mon May 20, 2013 11:06 am |
Joined: Fri Feb 15, 2013 1:36 pm |
Posts: 17 |
"A Chapter Must be Closed" |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.