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Recovery is losing steam
The much-vaunted economic recovery is a key boast for the current government, who never tire of telling us that it's proof that George Osborne's long term economic plan is working. Unfortunately, next time he takes this phrase for a
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George Osborne is right - the national debt is a moral issue
Margaret Thatcher once likened a nation's accounts to a housewife's budget. That is, don't spend what you haven't got. And last week, the chancellor, George Osborne, made a similar decree. At his Mansion House address to the
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Economy will grow at a slower rate - Bank of England
The Bank of England today cut its forecasts for http://money.aol.co.uk/tag/gdp/UK economic growth over the next three years as it published a gloomy outlook for the recovery that also downgraded hopes for rising wages. It slashed its prediction
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What does weak growth mean for UK?
Britain experienced a sharp slowdown at the start of the year as growth slipped to a worse-than-expected 0.3%, official figures showed today. The pace of gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the first quarter was half the 0.6% rate seen in the
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Shocking scale of UK deficit
Given the number of times that George Osborne has talked about eradicating the deficit, you could be forgiven for thinking that the country's borrowing is under control. You might even think we're about to break even. However, if
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New stats show UK 'fastest growing major economy'
Britain's economy grew by 2.6% in 2014 but the pace of expansion slowed more sharply than expected in the last three months of the year, official figures showed today. The annual figure is the best since 2007, before the recession, and
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The US is about to lose its title as the world's biggest economy
America may have got used to the power and status that comes with having the biggest economy in the world. However, it should enjoy it while it lasts, because experts have revealed that it is set to lose its crown within the next few years. The
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