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What has COVID-19 done to our economy? How can we recover? – Joseph Lu
What has COVID-19 done to the economy? The UK’s economy started the year with a rising stock market and house prices, said to be the continuation of a ‘Boris Bounce’ after a landslide election win that inspired business activity. … Continue reading
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Tagged actuaries, Actuary, Covid-19, Economy, Joseph Lu, UK
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Is there wisdom in this crowd?
This picture was taken in a time of lockdown (May 31st). It was taken at a time when the Government advice is still to stay at home where possible. It is taken in a country that has more than 60,000 … Continue reading
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Tagged Beach, Bournemouth, Covid-19, Durdle Door, Lockdown, Queen
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C19 Actuaries Friday Report – May 29th
Modelling – reports European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Projected baselines of COVID-19 in the EU/EEA and the UK for assessing the impact of de-escalation of measures As the UK and EU/EEA countries start to de-escalate lockdown and other … Continue reading
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Tagged actuaries, COVID-10, Matt Fletcher, Nicola Oliver, sewage
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“He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.”
I am very pleased that Con Keating and Iain Clacher’s recent article has got so much attention , both in terms of readers and in terms of social media comment. Though I am one of those who thinks the Pension … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, Big Government, coronavirus, pensions
Tagged Con Keating, David Fairs, Ears, Guy Opperman, Joe Strummer, John Ralfe, Matthew, ppf, TPR, Treasury
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COVID-19 – our chances IF we survive.
Introduction Given the complexity of the question, and the different facets, we are breaking our commentary on this question into three bulletins: What is the likely mortality of the ‘survivor pool’ in the short term? What are … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, consultant, coronavirus, pensions
Tagged Covid-19, Matthew Edwards, mortality, Pandemic
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ONS Data and CMI analysis shows how bad UK COVID deaths actually are.
The statistics keep coming and our man with his eye on the data is Stuart McDonald (aka @actuarybyday) Here is his interpretation of what’s happening with some sobering thoughts in case we thought it was all over. Latest ONS deaths … Continue reading
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The still small voice of calm
Yesterday was busy for me and I didn’t have a chance to see the comments on my blog-either on twitter or on the blog during work-time. The blog called on us to move on and let Cummings be. Yesterday evening … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, coronavirus, pensions
Tagged COVID-10, Dominic Cummings, kindness, welfare
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Michelle’s right, the last thing we need is Cummings to go…
On a day when very little of what was said carried much authenticity, I heard a lady from Newcastle University say something that seemed real to me. Speaking on the BBC evening news following the interrogation of Dominic Cummings in … Continue reading
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Making our own rules; (Cummings II)
The Cummings and lack of goings of the past 48 hours are dividing Britain between the absolutists, the pragmatists and the people who just hate Dominic Cummings. I suspect the number of people who know Cummings well enough to hate … Continue reading
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Tagged Bismarck, Boris Johnson, Covid-19, Cummings, Kaiser Wilhelm, Road trip
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COVID-19 Actuary’s Friday report (May22)
Every week, more is written on COVID-19 than any individual could possibly read. Collectively, the COVID19 Actuaries Response Group read more about the outbreak than most, so we’ve decided each Friday to provide you with a curated list of the … Continue reading
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Tagged actuaries, Covid-19, Matt Fletcher, Nicola Oliver
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