Britain is on the verge of recession following the UK’s decision to exit the European Union last month, according to the latest forecasts from bankers at Barclays.
With political and economic uncertainty continuing to grow, the bank’s latest chartbook of economic indicators for the UK suggests that the country will almost certainly fall into recession by the end of the year, with growth falling by 0.1%.
Even with a new Prime Minister in place, the country’s political and economic future remains unclear, and the bank forecasts that this will have an adverse impact on confidence, restrict investment, and ultimately weaken the economic picture.
As Barclays notes: “We expect that spiralling uncertainty will adversely affect firm and household confidence, forcing them to be more cautious and hold back on spending, following the UK vote to leave the EU at the 23 June referendum.”
It continues: “We expect the aforementioned spiralling uncertainty to push the UK economy into recession from H2 16. We forecast headline GDP growth will average -0.1% q/q in H2 16 and 2017, primarily due to a marked contraction in fixed investment, which had already been slowing in the run-up to the referendum (Figure 6). We believe it will contract in almost each quarter of our forecast horizon, resulting in an average of -0.5% q/q over H2 16 and 2017.”
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And so the scaremongering continues!
Spiralling uncertainty isn't helped by reports like this by people who should know better and who probably have their own agenda.
Britain is the 5th largest economy in the world and (despite reports before the referendum) international companies are queuing up to invest here along with many countries wanting to do set up trade deals.
What happened to being the 4th largest, or was I wrong 5th or 4th still good when you consider there are 196 Countries in the world if you count in Taiwan, hate these scaremongering reports hidden agenda YES I think so
Oh yes I forgot about Germany they are 4th
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