Did the experts really predict a post-Brexit recession?
Go back to the original analyses and a more nuanced picture emerges
Christine Lagarde
IMF: Long-term effects of Brexit would be ‘negative and substantial’
Incomes, house prices, output, currency and investment could all be hit hard by a Leave vote
IMF urges UK to roll back austerity
Increased spending is advised if growth slows, but will George Osborne listen?
Barroso joins the international push for Plan B
José Manuel Barroso has called for an end to austerity all across the European Union, reports Left Foot Forward’s Alex Hern.
IMF boss repeats call for Plan B
The IMF’s boss has given her strongest warning yet that Britain should slow the pace of its spending cuts. She called for countries “to adjust their austerity programmes”.
New IMF boss joins calls for Plan B
The new IMF boss, Christine Lagarde, has joined calls for a Plan B. In an FT op ed she says “slamming on the brakes too quickly will hurt the recovery and worsen job prospects”.
IMF stitch-up locks out developing countries
Ben Fox reports on the appointment of Christine Lagarde as head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – at the expense of candidates from other countries.