uk economy
We were expected to be in a recession right now, but we've narrowly avoided it.
The economy recorded zero growth between October and December.
The Bank has just raised interest rates again by 0.5%, to a total of 4% – but the recession will be milder than expected.
The IMF's forecast for the economy was pretty bleak – but don't give up hope yet.
In other news, it's the third anniversary of Brexit.
We're more than a quarter of a million employees short.
Labour says long waits are holding women back in their careers and harming the economy.
The party says people are now £1,600 a year worse off than when the Tories came to power.
Well that was idiotic.
GDP fell by a revised 0.3% in the third quarter of 2022.