55 Quotes by Philip Shaw

And we find the most intelligent children started off with a relatively thin cortex, but it then got thicker relatively rapidly, reached its peak thickness in certain key areas several years later but then also got thinner quicker.

There's still a lot of confusion about what the sectors mean. I think it's going to take some time for the individual analysts to become familiar with their new companies.

It was a case of the panic being overdone, ... U.S. institutional investors were going to sell their European assets, but the coordinated action removed the fear about a weaker euro.

The strength of high street activity during the month (November) reflects an abrupt turn in the weather driving demand for winter wear.

As a result, fears over a significant near-term increase in personal or corporate taxation have virtually disappeared. Most expectations, including our own are for a broadly neutral stance.

Although it is clear the Bank is planning to keep rates on hold for now, our view is the MPC is still too optimistic on growth.

A lot of research in intelligence has not been that great. I would hope by this modest descriptive study to put things on an empirical footing.

There was quite a positive effect on Wall Street overnight with both the Dow and the S&P fairly close to five-year highs, and that's given Continental European markets a boost first thing.

It's almost like the most agile minds have the most agile cortex.