New Posts For Thread: Inflation 0%, Average earnings up 3%https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30551469/inflation-0-average-earnings-up-3Annual rates. This is tremendous news. Remember all the hype about how we're getting poorer because average earnings was as much as 1 percentage point below inflation. Well now it is 3 percentage points in the other direction. Will this get trumpYep. And giving both (mean and median) would be even better.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30551469/inflation-0-average-earnings-up-3?post_id=545544783#545544783Yep. And giving both (mean and median) would be even better.Fri, 17 Jul 2015 10:25:43 -0500It would be a good idea if they banned the word 'average' from the media and educated people about mean, median and mode.For most of the statistics mentioned, e.g. salary, house prices I would say that median would be a more appropriate measure thanhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30551469/inflation-0-average-earnings-up-3?post_id=545540863#545540863It would be a good idea if they banned the word 'average' from the media and educated people about mean, median and mode.For most of the statistics mentioned, e.g. salary, house prices I would say that median would be a more appropriate measure thanFri, 17 Jul 2015 03:38:25 -0500use googlehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30551469/inflation-0-average-earnings-up-3?post_id=545540603#545540603use googleFri, 17 Jul 2015 02:33:16 -0500g! cant you post a credible link to where unemployment is up ?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30551469/inflation-0-average-earnings-up-3?post_id=545536465#545536465g! cant you post a credible link to where unemployment is up ?Thu, 16 Jul 2015 15:20:38 -0500the tories are trying so much that they waited how many years before deciding they might need to build more homes.meanwhile housing benefits will rise as rents and house prices still go up.thats not trying thats ignoring policies that were urgent.lowhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30551469/inflation-0-average-earnings-up-3?post_id=545536313#545536313the tories are trying so much that they waited how many years before deciding they might need to build more homes.meanwhile housing benefits will rise as rents and house prices still go up.thats not trying thats ignoring policies that were urgent.lowThu, 16 Jul 2015 15:10:11 -0500how many people have had or no someone who has had a 3% payrise ,obviously mp,s giving themselves a 10% rise puts the average up and stirling getting a 100% pay rise leaves 97% to spread out amongst the rest of us,obviously those in the public sectorhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30551469/inflation-0-average-earnings-up-3?post_id=545534619#545534619how many people have had or no someone who has had a 3% payrise ,obviously mp,s giving themselves a 10% rise puts the average up and stirling getting a 100% pay rise leaves 97% to spread out amongst the rest of us,obviously those in the public sectorThu, 16 Jul 2015 13:30:18 -0500Would be over £2 trillion with the likes of Labour.The country was in such a mess that that was inevitable.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30551469/inflation-0-average-earnings-up-3?post_id=545522649#545522649Would be over £2 trillion with the likes of Labour.The country was in such a mess that that was inevitable.Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:16:37 -0500...they have increased national debt by 50 percent since 2010.............from 960 billion to 1.5 trillion ....yikes.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30551469/inflation-0-average-earnings-up-3?post_id=545522581#545522581...they have increased national debt by 50 percent since 2010.............from 960 billion to 1.5 trillion ....yikes.Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:13:26 -0500Yes, really. The Tories are trying to get the country into better shape whilst the likes of Labour (and the SNP in Scotland) try to buy votes with promises of spend spend spend without any indication of how they will pay for it.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30551469/inflation-0-average-earnings-up-3?post_id=545522469#545522469Yes, really. The Tories are trying to get the country into better shape whilst the likes of Labour (and the SNP in Scotland) try to buy votes with promises of spend spend spend without any indication of how they will pay for it.Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:09:12 -0500...I am certainly not a labour supporter akabula....as those that remember my posts on politics forum will confirm.....but this government responsible.......really..??https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30551469/inflation-0-average-earnings-up-3?post_id=545522353#545522353...I am certainly not a labour supporter akabula....as those that remember my posts on politics forum will confirm.....but this government responsible.......really..??Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:03:49 -0500