Britons should be braced for years of high inflation as the cost of living soars stubbornly ahead of wages, a leading economic forecaster warned today.
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Monday 26 November 2012
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UK economy 'will remain grounded until year end'
Monday 16 April 2012
The British economy is set to stall for the rest of the year as nervous businesses remain reluctant to invest in recovery, an influential economic forecaster warned today.
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Chancellor George Osborne insisted today the Government was doing everything possible to "weather the storm" as economic forecasters warned the UK is likely to be already in recession.
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Monday 16 January 2012
Britain is already in the grip of a double-dip recession and the economy will not pick up until 2013. Those were the stark conclusions of major reports out today from two of the country's most respected forecasters.
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