Licensed wisdom XV

-- a collection of notable quotes

“Bond yields are at their lowest level for 800 years!” – Economist Jim Power, speaking at Nielsen’s Post-Xmas Review recently.

 

 

“If it were a small country, Walmart would be China’s eighth-biggest customer” – Economist Jim Power, speaking at Nielsen’s Post-Xmas Review recently.

 

 

“If beer was a country its total GDP would compare to that of Croatia or Luxembourg (€51 billion value added); it has similar employment to Slovakia (2.3 million workers) and generates total tax revenue similar to that of Hungary (€42 billion government revenue)” – President of The Brewers of Europe Demetrio Carceller at the presentation in Brussels of ‘The Economic Contribution of Beer to the European Economy’ recently.