9am GMT Radio 5 live swine flu phone in

[decode reality]

I'm on my way out in 5 mins- maybe an opportunity for someone to drop some truth?;)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/

It's a 'Your Questions Answered' type of programme.

By the way Mods....feel free to move this if you think it's more suited to General :)

[jkdt0077]

http://www.freshbusinessthinking.com/news.php?CID=&NID=1670&Title=Swine+flu+could+wipe+out+any+economic+growth +

Swine flu could wipe out any economic growth
19/07/2009
By Claire West

The latest survey from the influential Ernst and Young Item Club published tomorrow will suggests that although the efforts from The Treasury and The Bank of England have given a boost to the economy the continued lack of bank lending and the threat of Swine Flu could create; “a serious chance of relapse”.
Professor Peter Spencer, chief economic adviser to Item said; "The economic patient has been in trauma, but thanks to the paramedics at the Treasury and the Bank of England who pumped billions of pounds worth of medicine into the economy, the patient has stabilised for now,"
Professor Spencer further warns that; “It is hard to see any very solid grounds for sustained optimism at the moment.”
The main reason for this is that;
"There is currently little sign of any extra lending to either companies or consumers. Banks are saying that they will expand lending more aggressively over the next three months, but it seems unlikely that they will be able to meet the demand for credit,"
However according to the report the threat posed to the economy from swine flu could wipe out any growth next year.
The ITEM Club is the only economic forecasting group to use the HM Treasury model of the UK economy.


Is this what Swine Flu is really all about? A backup measure to ensure the economy is properly crippled, and stays crippled, until we all cry out for a World Bank?

[decode reality]

http://www.freshbusinessthinking.com/news.php?CID=&NID=1670&Title=Swine+flu+could+wipe+out+any+economic+growth +



Is this what Swine Flu is really all about? A backup measure to ensure the economy is properly crippled, and stays crippled, until we all cry out for a World Bank?

It's a possibility. With that in mind, you might like to check out this 5 minute clip:

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

[strengthofknowledge]

It's a possibility. With that in mind, you might like to check out this 5 minute clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eybQg75Hfuo

yea i saw this vid a while back. seems interesting. everythings fucked before winter is over though so gear up..