3 December 2020 Evan Davis Men don’t know much about women. We do know when they’re happy. We know when they’re crying, and we know when they’re pissed off. We just don’t know in what order these are gonna come at us.
3 December 2020 Evan Davis In principle, there are only three main components of spending that much matter to monetary policy: consumer spending, business investment and exports and trade.
3 December 2020 Evan Davis We all know that Americans love their statistics – in sport, obviously. And in finance too.
3 December 2020 Evan Davis We Brits print banknotes out in Debden in Essex, and have contracted it out to the private sector. Here in the U.S. it is a government operation right in the heart of Washington next door to the Holocaust Museum.
3 December 2020 Evan Davis Being funny, it turns out, is like being a bank. It’s a confidence trick. As long as everyone believes in you, you are fine.
3 December 2020 Evan Davis Black Friday is not another bad hair day in Wall Street. It’s the term used by American retailers to describe the day after the Thanksgiving Holiday, seen as the semi-official start of Christmas shopping season.
3 December 2020 Evan Davis For industry to settle in a country, you first need electricity for electricity, you need some trained workers for trained workers, you need some schools for schools you need some money for money, you need some industry.
3 December 2020 Evan Davis But beginners to the World Economics Forum have to understand there is no single Davos experience, and there is no single Davos community either. There are numerous tribes who interact only at a minimal level.
