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Latest GDP numbers mean Britain’s economy has shrunk since general election
The latest poor GDP numbers mean Britain's economy has shrunk since general election.
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Krugman: “Keynesians have been completely right, Austerians utterly wrong”
“The results are in: Keynesians have been completely right, Austerians utterly wrong - at vast human cost” - so wrote Nobel laureate Paul Krugman today.
Osborne’s ideology-driven economics have failed: We’re all paying the price
The double dip recession is a result of George Osborne’s ideological agenda and rejection of stimulus economics, writes Cormac Hollingsworth.
UK double-dips for first time in 37 years; Balls: Government’s economic credibility “in tatters”
The opposition, press and economists turned on the government today for the UK's descent into a double-dip recession for the first time since the mid-seventies.
Is Osborne leading us to a double- or triple-dip?
In the wake of the OECD’s forecast the UK will experience a double-dip recession, the question now is whether or not we are experiencing a triple-dip.
Is there a new ‘Black Wednesday’ around the corner?
The OECD today forecast Britain was back in recession, with the economy expected to shrink by 0.1% in Q1 2012, following the 0.3% contraction in the Q4 2011.