23 Quotes by Ken Wattret

The signals were very explicit, given the weakness of the euro and pressure on inflation starting to come through,

So the fact we got growth of about half a percent tells you how poor the performance was over the last year.

This is going to be more of a newspaper headline budget rather than one for any macro economic changes,

This economic cycle is different from others. It's been great news for the corporate sector but not for the household sector.

It's the lowest level of growth for almost a decade and the government had indicated it was expecting something in the region of 3 percent,

The obvious focus for the market will be the core PPI, and given what we've seen for consumer prices, we should see a relatively modest increase there,

That is a recipe for market volatility, and I think it will increase rather than grow less in the months ahead.

The U.S.-Europe story is getting played out and is fully discounted in the euro and bond markets.

The consensus PMI forecast was for a small decline and that's what we got, so it was a neutral outcome in the end,