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THE UK economy shrank by more than expected in May, official figures reveal. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said ...
The UK faces a £10bn blow to the public finances each year from Donald Trump’s tariff regime, according to the official ...
The Office for Budget Responsibility has slammed the UK's economic outlook and warned debt is set to soar over the coming decades.
The OBR is being far too optimistic in its assumptions about productivity growth in the UK – meaning the scale of the country ...
The Office for Budget Responsibility said the state finances were facing ‘mounting risks’ in the face of growing debts.
Britain’s ability to respond to future shocks is ‘substantially eroded’ because of high debt, says fiscal watchdog ...
GDP affects ordinary Brits in several ways, including through employment opportunities and the cost of living. Signs that the ...
Successive governments efforts to put the UK public finances have met with only “limited and temporary success” says watchdog ...
A rise in global temperatures to almost 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels would likely ...
The Office for Budget Responsibility has said that the finances of the government are in a "relatively vulnerable position".
The OBR report is not an easy read and it suggests that the UK could be sleepwalking into a fiscal crisis without a brave ...
So I checked the International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, April 2025, and found the following about Japan, the world's fourth-largest national economy, looking at years from 2010 ...