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Interest Rate Cuts Have An Effect In Stimulating An Economy By Directly Or Indirectly Making Someone, Somewhere, Spend More Than They Otherwise Would. That Extra Spending Increases Demand And Ensures That We All Carry On With Work To Do, Without Us Having To Slash Our Prices Or Our Wrists.

When A Population Saves A Lot, The Funds Are Invested Outside The Country As Well As Inside. If The Japanese Invest In The United States, It Pushes Their Exchange Rate Down And Makes Their Manufacturing More Competitive.

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Although Being Economics Editor Sounds Impressive, It Does Not Mean I Actually Edit Anything. It Mainly Reflects Two Decades Of Title-inflation At The Bbc, Which Has Given Ever More Status To Senior Reporters, Presumably Because It Is Cheaper To Do That Than To Offer Higher Pay.

At The Bbc We've Had Plenty Of Women In Good Management Jobs. It Comes And Goes But There's Been Plenty. On Air, I Think There's Quite A Bit More We Can Do.