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Robert Peston’s smugness growing as world nears economic meltdown

models his voice on fluctuations in the stock market - currently very deep‘Inflation of Robert’s ego is running at an all-time high and rising interest rates among viewers only seem to be making the problem worse.’

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Posted: Nov 1st, 2011
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Mervyn King announces ‘qualitative easing’ for wedding anniversary gifts

Several gifts have been rescheduled, to reflect changes in value since the list was first drafted. 50th Wedding anniversaries are now celebrated with a two-foot length of copper pipe, but the new 60th ‘Full Tank of Diesel’ anniversary has been criticised as ‘extravagant’ by some economists.

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Posted: Oct 12th, 2011
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Bank of England unveils ‘real’ cash machines

The Bank of England is to boost the UK’s emergence from recession by installing cash machines in every town, at which citizens can each make a one-off withdrawal of GBP300 from the central Quantitative Easing Fund to spend as they please.

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Posted: Jan 29th, 2010
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Bank of England sells unwanted gold reserves after seeing daytime TV ad

The Bank of England is making another bid to boost the UK’s economic recovery, this time by sending off the nation’s remaining gold reserves to one of those companies who advertise on daytime TV. The move could raise as much as £400 to help refinance the economy.

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Posted: Oct 25th, 2009
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Chancellor to buy new economy, rather than fix current one

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced a trillion-pound plan to scrap the current British economy and buy a completely new one.

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Posted: Aug 21st, 2009
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