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Inflation should be pegged at around 2% a year to see the economy "chugging along" , according to Martin Ellis, chief economist at Halifax.

"We think there is further room for declines into at least early summer, " said the chief economist at Wachovia.

Simon Johnson, chief economist at the IMF, says: "We do not think there has been a big movement up in expected inflation globally. "

"Everybody was rather staggered to see such a strong number, " said Richard Jerram, chief economist at Macquarie Securities in Tokyo.

Marco Annunziata, chief economist at UniCredit, said the main message from the weekend summit had been very pragmatic.

Evgeny Gavrilenkov, chief economist at Troika, a Russian investment bank, calls it "a good muddling through" .

"I don't believe the prime minister will call a referendum; the risk of a no is too high, " says Steen Bocian, the bank's chief economist.

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Gerard Lyons, chief economist at Standard Chartered, said China can only "partially make up for the slack in demand from U. S. consumers" .

Qu Hongbin, China chief economist at HSBC, said the "upbeat reading" implied the growth slowdown seen in previous months was decelerating.

Raghuram Rajan, a former International Monetary Fund chief economist, said the missing ingredient was political will.

'This is the beginning of another big and excessive run-up in asset prices, ' said Simon Johnson, a former IMF chief economist.

Chief economist Francois Bourguignon says research at the bank is a complex process that requires compromises.

So it startled everyone when the IMF's chief economist came off the ropes to land some stinging criticisms of his own.

That sentiment is shared by analysts like Simon Tilford, chief economist at the Center for European Reform in London.

J. P. Morgan chief economist Bruce Kasman puts the chances of a recession in either the U. S. or globally at less than 15%.

Fabian Zuleeg, chief economist at the Brussels-based European Policy Center, says the United States is right to be concerned.

"At least lenders aren't panicking any more, " said David Wyss, chief economist at Standard & Poor's in New York.

"Germany lagged the rest of Europe coming out of the last recession, " says Jö rg Krä mer, chief economist at Commerzbank.

"Neither side at this point has a clear fiscal reform strategy, " said Robert Feldman, chief economist at Morgan Stanley in Tokyo.

At Google, Hal Varian, its chief economist, and Mr. Wagner said that the public was not blindly loyal to any one search engine.

Meanwhile, the chief economist at the International Energy Agency predicted that "the age of cheap oil is over" .

Before the International Monetary Fund, chief economist Rogov believed that has the influence to the product price to be very small.

'The markets are very, very tight, ' said Joseph Glauber, the USDA's chief economist. 'There is concern, no doubt. '

The move would be 'a milestone for the global economy, ' says Bruce Kasman, chief economist at J. P. Morgan Chase & Co. in New York.

In a report published yesterday, the IEA confirmed comments made to the FT last week by Fatih Birol, the group's chief economist.

The bank's role as interest-rate-setter made Sir Mervyn, then the bank's chief economist, a powerful figure.

IMF chief economist Olivier Blanchard says the financial crisis will significantly slow global growth during the next year.

Mr. Rubin joined the bank as a senior economist in 1988, and was made chief economist in 1992.

Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit, which produces the indices, warned the severity of the downturn should not be underestimated.

Ken Rogoff, another former chief economist, said: "The IMF doesn't have nearly the resources to backstop all of eastern Europe. "

Zurich Financial Services Group Chief Economist Daniel Hoffman said one of those issues is economic disparity.

"It is too close to say for the whole year and who knows for next year, " said Patrick Low, the WTO's chief economist.

The bank's chief economist announced the economic growth rate in Africa is expected to reach 6% this year.

As Fatih Birol, the IEA's chief economist, puts it: "If governments do not facilitate the investment, I don't think nuclear will fly. "

Fabian Zuleeg, chief economist at the European Policy Center in Brussels, says the United States is right to get involved.

Steven Dashevsky, chief economist at Aton Capital, a Moscow brokerage, said a Medvedev presidency would be "a major positive development" .

"Japan is neighbors with a rapidly growing market, " said Nobuo Iizuka, chief economist at the Japan Center for Economic Research.

"Early results, " says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Economy. com, "suggest the stimulus is performing close to expectations. "

"This kind of drop in bonuses would be unthinkable in normal times, " said Naoki Murakami, chief economist at Monex Securities.

"Foreclosed homes are the supply that has to be worked off, " said Robert Barbera, the chief economist of ITG, an investment advisory firm.

"The dollar's decline has not been disorderly in that sense, " says Simon Johnson, chief economist of the IMF.

Patrick Low, the chief economist of the World Trade Organization, says the recovery seen in Asia is still "tentative" .

"We are no longer in a world driven by the US, but one driven by the emerging markets, " says Stephen King, chief economist at HSBC.

Earlier in his career, Mr Orszag was also the chief economist at the National Economic Council under Mr Clinton.

Mr Trichet's departure will create a space for a French appointee, perhaps as chief economist, to the ECB's six-strong executive board.

'Japan likely couldn't intervene without the consent of the United States, ' said Takahide Kiuchi, chief economist at Nomura Securities.

Jean- Philippe Cotis, the OECD's chief economist, said much of the turmoil was a welcome reappearance of more normal pricing for risks.

"There is a strong case for doing too much rather than too little, " said Olivier Blanchard, the fund's chief economist.

John Hawksworth, chief economist at PricewaterhouseCoopers, described the figures as a "symbolic" shift.

The work by Google's chief economist, Hal Varian, highlights how economic data can be gathered far more rapidly using online sources.

As chief economist at the World Bank, he openly criticized its sister organization, the International Monetary Fund, and the U.

Dana Johnson, chief economist for Comerica Inc. , said he expects vehicle sales of 13. 3 million next year.

"It's very important to compare cost of living, " said Erol Yildirim, chief economist for the Council for Community and Economic Research.

At the white house, chief economist Alan Krueger calls at more evidence of recovery.

"I'm a bit more optimistic, " says Augusto de la Torre, Chief Economist in the World Bank's Latin America and Caribbean region.

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"Interest-rate levels are not the problem, " says David Wyss, chief economist at Standard & Poor's in New York.

'Growth may not be buoyant, but it's rather stable, ' says Michael Heise, chief economist at German insurer Allianz SE.

"Producers practically panicked, " says Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics. "They cut costs incredibly aggressively. "

"The mood is still quite gloomy, people are reticent about spending, " said David Resler, chief economist at Nomura Securities.

Stephen King, chief economist of HSBC says: "Piecemeal actions by different governments have undermined the credibility of other actions. "

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"Inflation is very high up the agenda of institutional investors, " says Keith Wade, UK fund manager Schroders' chief economist.

"The financial system is incredibly vulnerable, " said Ken Rogoff, a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund.

"The fall in consumer delinquencies is a very positive and hopeful sign, " said ABA Chief Economist James Chessen in a statement.

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On this, Prof Rogoff, a former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, is gloomy.

Even the National Retail Federation Chief Economist Rosalind Wells admitted: "We forecast report released after the anything can happen. "

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The greatest driver for oil demand will come from the transportation sector, ac-cording to Fatih Birol, the IEA's chief economist.

The fall in the prime minister's popularity "is not surprising" , says Robert Feldman, chief economist at Morgan Stanley in Tokyo.

"Pending home sales have a way to go for there to be a meaningful increase, " said NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun.

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The chief economist of a Chinese bank calls the latest figures " horrifying " .

"I keep saying that the sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians, " said Hal Varian, chief economist at Google.

NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun also said that the pace of home sales will continue to slow until the economy starts creating more jobs.

Marcus Svedberg, chief economist at leading Russia fund East Capital believes that Mr. Medvedev is becoming increasingly assertive.

"For China, the year of the rabbit is the year of inflation, " said Qu Hongbin, greater China chief economist at HSBC.

"There's still a major gap between the current pledges and the desired outcome, " said Fatih Birol, the IEA's chief economist.

"Consumers rationally jumped into the market before the deadline for the tax credit expired, " said Lawrence Yun, the NAR's chief economist.

David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce, predicted unemployment would peak at about 3. 2 million next year.

"The canary in the coal mine is not dead; it's just sleeping, " said Ethan Harris, chief economist at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch.

The heftier bill for fuel and power will add to these pipeline pressures, Zhao Qingming, chief economist at China Construction Bank, said.

Olivier Blanchard, the IMF's chief economist, said this week that global imbalances contributed only "indirectly" to the crisis.

"We haven't downgraded it. We just said, if nothing happens, we may have to, " said S&P chief economist David Wyss.

The NPC has also brought insights into the career of Lin Yifu, the first Chinese to be appointed World Bank chief economist.

John Philpott, its chief economist, said employers should hold their nerve and focus on retaining talent and investing in skilled workers.

U. N. ESCAP Chief Economist Nagesh Kumar says if prices continue to rise, millions more people could be forced into poverty.

"The eurozone recovery lost almost all of its momentum in July, " said Markit's chief economist Chris Williamson.

As a market it is fairly mature. But Africa as a whole is set for a "tectonic shift" , says Goolam Ballim, Standard Bank's chief economist.

Lord Burns, long-time UK Treasury chief economist, tried to substitute the expression "nominal framework" for the new type policies.

Joshi, chief economist at the Crisil consulting firm in Mumbai, says the growing investments are driven by several factors.

In German media Mr Stark was described as the ECB's "chief economist" , although formally no such position exists.

Or, as Tom Webb, chief economist for Manheim Auto Auctions, put it: "It's cool to be frugal. "

Stephen Roach, the famously gloomy chief economist at Morgan Stanley, recently called subprime mortgages the new dotcoms.

Raghuram Rajan, a former IMF chief economist and professor at Chicago's Booth School of Business, is one worrywart.

"We got a double twist, " said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial in Chicago.

Willem Buiter, former chief economist at the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development agreed.

Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit, argued survey data showed the economy was still growing strongly.

Americans won't start spending until their incomes start rising, says Keith Hembre, chief economist for First American Funds.

" The upbeat reading . . . implies that China's growth slowdown is slowing, " said HSBC's chief economist for China, Qu Hongbin.

The full-on sales efforts can trigger dislocations in capital markets, says Lou Crandall, chief economist of Wrightson ICAP.

Mr. Rogoff is professor of economics at Harvard and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund.

Michael Mussa, former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, says new spending will likely total around $100 billion.

Paul Gertler, the Human Development Sector's new chief economist, has been asked to design and lead that network's research agenda.

But Takeshi Minami, chief economist at Norinchukin Research Institute, said Japan still faced hurdles.

'The Indian tightening cycle is certainly not over yet, ' said Glenn Maguire, Asia chief economist at Societe Generale.

More recently her chief economist reinforced the mood of panic by warning that the world economy was entering a "dangerous new phase" .

'It does look like confidence has weakened in the economy, ' said Paul Bloxham, chief economist for HSBC Holdings in Australia.

"There is no iron law that real estate must appreciate, " said Stan Humphries, chief economist for the real estate site Zillow.

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"Oil prices are entering a dangerous zone for the global economy, " said Fatih Birol, the IEA's chief economist.

A surge in bank lending and fixed asset investments prompted the positive revision, ADB chief economist Jong-Wha Lee said.

Jim O'Neill, chief economist at Goldman Sachs, who coined the Bric acronym in 2001, insists that his creation is not past its sell-by date.

"There's certainly an element of international thinking, " said Qu Hongbin, chief economist for China at HSBC.

Ha Jiming, chief economist for China International Capital Corp, said that would represent "a significant tightening from this year. "

Lian Ping, chief economist at Bank of Communications said that the sub-prime mortgage crisis was first a credit crisis.

Robert J. Shiller is professor of economics and finance at Yale and co-founder and chief economist of MacroMarkets LLC.

Olivier Blanchard, the IMF's chief economist, predicts that painful retrenchment in Europe could last for 20 years.

Consumer confidence, however, is a problem, said Dong Tao, Asia chief economist for Credit Suisse.

Fatih Birol, chief economist at the International Energy Agency said this, "low oil" era is over.

"Job creation has still not crossed the zero line in the small business sector, " said William Dunkelberg, NFIB's chief economist.

"The interest rate rise is entirely outside of market expectations, " said Zhu Jianfang, chief economist at CITIC Securities in Beijing.

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Not good enough, says Simon Tilford, chief economist at analyst group the Center for European Reform.

'This shows that more liquidity is flowing into the real economy, ' said Ha Jiming, chief economist of China International Capital Corp.

'Left unchecked, the food crisis will badly undermine recent gains in poverty reduction, ' said ADB Chief Economist Changyong Rhee.

"These numbers are rotten, " said David Wyss, the chief economist at Standard & Poor's in New York.

"This reconfirms our long-held view that China is moderating rather than melting down, " said Qu Hongbin, chief economist for China at HSBC.

Chief economist James Dowey says China's private consumption share of GDP at 35. 6% is abnormally low, even for an emerging market.

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Interest in internet forecasting was sparked by a paper published in 2009 by Hal Varian, Google's chief economist.

"Recession has now arrived, or will very shortly, " wrote Jan Hatzius, Goldman's chief economist in the US.

"This is clearly a very uneven recovery, " said Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit, the research company which produces the survey.

Tim Condon is chief economist and head of research for Asia in the Singapore offices of investment bank ING.

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"The recovery is coming, " said Olivier Blanchard, IMF chief economist.

Standard & Poor's chief economist David Wyss expects a mild recession that ends next spring.

"I am sorry to say this, but we are headed toward really bad days, " IEA chief economist Fatih Birol told TIME this week.

The inventory represents 9-10 months of supply, three times the level in a tight market, says Stan Humphries, Zillow's chief economist.

"It is certainly disheartening news about the economy, " said David Resler, chief economist at Nomura Securities International in New York.

Willem Buiter, chief economist at Citigroup, expects no huge shock from Europe.

"It is the first time I have been happy in a traffic jam, " quipped Masaaki Kanno, chief economist at J. P. Morgan in Tokyo.

Marco Annunziata, the chief economist at UniCredit, says a "stress-test lite" won't be much use.

Fatih Birol, the IEA's chief economist, argues the world needs a "revolution" in the energy and vehicle industries.

Marco Annunziata, chief economist at UniCredit Group, said that reaction might not last.

Fatih Birol, IEA chief economist, warned: "Our energy system's wheels may fall off. "

Simon Johnson, the former chief economist at theInternational Monetary Fund, is an author of "13 Bankers. "

It will give "a large stimulus to the domestic economy" , said Richard Jerram, chief economist at Macquarie in Tokyo.

Ken Rogoff, the IMF's former chief economist, says Mr Strauss-Kahn's plan seems "dubious" .

In November 2006 Stephen Roach, chief economist at Morgan Stanley, wrote an article called "Wrong Time for Gridlock" .

"The economy is slogging along, " said Jerry Webman, chief economist at OppenheimerFunds.

That is the longest such stretch since at least 1980, when ICSC chief economist Michael Niemira began tracking the figures.

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Simon Johnson, a former IMF chief economist, reckons that it may need upto $1 trillion.

Robert Feldman, chief economist of Morgan Stanley MUFG, has recently shown that older people have a tendency to tolerate deflation.

"That is still a historically high number, " said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Economy. com.

'There's still a lot of uncertainty in the economy right now, ' said Scott Brown, chief economist with Raymond James.

Hal Varian, Google's chief economist, predicts that the job of statistician will become the "sexiest" around.

Jerry Webman is chief economist for OppenheimerFunds, an investment company.

"I don't think that [relations with China] are the main problem, " says Duncan Wooldridge, UBS's chief economist for Asia.

Kiichi Murashima, chief economist of Nikko Citigroup in Tokyo, has just returned from London.

S&P's chief economist, Jean-Michel Six, told Agence France Presse on Sunday that France's rating remained stable.

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Fionnuala Earley, chief economist at Nationwide Building Society, now expects house prices to rise by around 5% in 2006.

One Shell's chief economist, Mr Cable's analysis has won him many plaudits.

'The problem (for OPEC) could be the second half of 2010' as those issues take hold, said Deutsche Bank chief economist Adam Sieminski.

"This is a very smart move, " said Ha Jiming, the chief economist at CICC, China's largest investment bank.

Stephen Roach, the chief economist at Morgan Stanley, has counted 27 pieces of anti-China legislation in Congress since early 2005.

The group, led Goldman Sachs chief economist Jim O'Neill, are expected to continue discussions over how best to structure any bid.

Hongbin Qu, HSBC's chief economist for China, said Monday's reading didn't spell doom for China's economy.

"It's both, " said Richard DeKaser, chief economist at National City Corp in Cleveland.

Jong-Wha Lee is the Manila-based lender's acting chief economist.

Jiming Ha, chief economist at China International Capital Corporation, estimates that inflation will rise to 3. 4% in May, from 3% in April.

In 1990 only 15% of Turkey's exports were in medium- or high-tech sectors, according to Fatma Melek, chief economist at Akbank.

"It is a big deal, " said John E. Silvia, chief economist at Wells Fargo. "It does suggest that manufacturing is recovering. "

OECD Chief economist Pier Carlo Padoan released the group's latest forecast.

ChrisWilliamson, chief economist at Markit, says the fall echoes a host of pressureson households.

"Security of supply and climate change are what we are worried about, " Fatih Birol, the IEA's chief economist, said yesterday.

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'This time is really different, ' says Jong-Wah Lee, chief economist for the Asian Development Bank.

"There will be a big multiplier effect, " Fatih Birol, the IEA's chief economist.

"Without any doubt it is a big positive for both policy and the economy, " said Jahangir Aziz, JP Morgan's chief economist in India.

Simon Johnson, the IMF's chief economist, thinks sovereign-wealth funds will be worth $10 trillion by 2012.

Peter Morgan, chief economist for Asia Pacific at HSBC, says that one of the chinks in decoupling's armour is Europe.

Saul Eslake, the chief economist at ANZ Bank, accuses the government of wasting the windfall revenue from the commodities boom.

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Cao Yuanzheng, chief economist of Bank of China Ltd, forecast the yuan's exchange rate would appreciate 5 to 6 percent for the full year.

That group has been steadily declining since 2007, according to Jun Ma, Deutsche Bank's chief economist for Greater China.

Jim O'Neil, Goldman Sach's chief economist, thinks the Chinese should allow their currency to appreciate by as much as 5pc.

Sales in September may fall as much as 2 percent, according to Mike Niemira, the New York-based trade group's chief economist.

Wen Guoqing, Chief Economist of Lianxun Security Co. , Ltd.

"The excessive liquidity problem in China is very serious, " said Frank Gong, chief economist for JP Morgan Securities in China.

According to Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, distressed sales accounted for 40-45 per cent of sales in February.

Larry Hatheway is chief economist at UBS.

Giancarlo Perasso, chief economist for the Matrix Group's emerging markets fund, for example, is pessimistic about Europe.

'No, ' says Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist Simon Johnson, a former IMF chief economist.

"There are some stresses in regional money and credit markets, " said Michael Buchanan, Goldman Sachs's chief economist in Asia.

Former National Bank of Canada chief economist Clement Gignac left late last year to join the Department of Finance.

Mr. Greenwood is the London-based chief economist at Invesco and was the architect of Hong Kong's fixed exchange-rate peg in 1983.

But Simon Johnson, a former IMF chief economist now at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says that is relatively small.

"As the country ages, sales of consumer durable goods don't go up, " says Hiromichi Shirakawa, chief economist at Credit Suisse in Japan.

John Greenwood, the architect of Hong Kong's exchange rate mechanism and now chief economist at Invesco, is unconvinced.

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