ISIS calls US election

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US economic growth will stall through the latter half of this year and into 2005 helping hand this November's presidential election to Kerry rather than Bush according to a forecast from ISIS Asset Management.

Stephen Andrew, economist, says Kerry’s lack of charisma raises question marks about the final outcome of the race for the White House, but overall ISIS retains its bet. ”Our view for a while now has been that with the economy’s momentum seriously in question, John Kerry would benefit at George Bush’s expense and be elected to the White House,” Andrew states. ”This is still our central case, and our conviction that we’ve got the economic call right is undimmed.” Predicting the outcome of the election is important for UK investors because of the possible outcomes in terms of fiscal ...

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