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    UK forecast to be second-fastest growing economy in G7 – IMF

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    1. AutoPanda1096 on

      It’s really time to admit brexit was a massive disaster, right?

      I’m kidding, obviously the IMF has no idea. I’ve had enough of experts!

      I look forward to reading the full report.

    5. FlockBoySlim on

      Ah yes, growth without progress. Modern Britain. Where the GDP goes up but wages don’t keep up with inflation and the cost of living skyrockets.

      Profits are up, dividends are healthy, Londons financial sector is ticking along nicely but real wages are still lower than they were before 2008 when adjusted for inflation. So who gives a fuck?

      Congrats to the corporations and asset owners I suppose.

    7. Tomatoflee on

      They take a group of seven countries and then compare their relative growth, which is within a fraction of a percentage point of tiny “growth” mainly driven by inflation. These headlines are pathetic. This doesn’t tell us anything useful to understand the economy. The media’s coverage of economics is a complete joke.

    8. radiant_0wl on

      I’d much rather compare ourselves against a larger group than the G7 but we aren’t doing terrible.

      If we compare ourselves to the G20 we are forecasted at 13/20th for GDP rate.

      G7 is okay for short term comparisons but I’d prefer if we looked at the bigger picture.

      We can do so much better.

    9. volodymyroquai on

      Watch us perform at -0.1% beneath the forecast next quarter and the rags convince 60% of us to vote Reform. 

    10. BlackSpinedPlinketto on

      Why does Rachael Reves always look like someone to the side of the camera has asked her if she wants to see the specials menu?

    12. MAXSuicide on

      But, I thought the smart, sexy, successful people were all leaving, replaced by the unwashed masses of the barbarian hordes?

      Hush now. I want another article on how Rachel Reeves is a failure, Starmer being a dull tory in a red tie, and how another boat ended up on a beach in Kent. 

    13. mattymattymatty96 on

      Good for them. What will change for your average UK citizen?

      Nothing. Things are still ridiculously expensive and not value for money

    14. TheCharalampos on

      A growing economy with extreme wealth inequality means very little to most of it’s citizens.

    15. lukethenukeshaw on

      So why’s unemployment going up, why’s our taxes going up and why’s my pay not increasing. I’m pretty sure the IMF are just rewarding Starmer for being a puppet of the world order

    17. plywrlw on

      So the ultra wealthy are getting more ultra wealthy whilst the rest of us continue to wonder if we can afford our weekly shopping then?

    18. Luke_4686 on

      Important to note that inflation remains extremely high and if you read the report it suggests more that the other G7 countries are doing badly rather than were doing really well

    20. StarSchemer on

      BBC frantically scouring the stock image archives for a picture of Rachel Reeves looking happy.

    21. redbarone on

      >forecast

      >However, UK inflation is set to rise to the highest in the G7 in 2025 and 2026

      K.

    23. Oh-Its-Him- on

      I sometimes really struggle with keeping up with our politics/ media.

      One day I’m being told that everything’s gone to pot and the economy is in tatters.

      Then next day, we are the “second fastest growing economy”

      I mean, both can be true at the same time I suppose, but it really does feel like constant flip flopping and I feel tired from it all lol

    24. Competitive_Pen7192 on

      Forecasts seem to flit between massive growth and recession…

      Currently they are feeling bullish it seems.

    26. madding247 on

      Yea… And we the people are paying for it all.

      Yay.. Celebrating my contributions to the system… Bloody lot a shite

    27. VamosFicar on

      This is getting hilarious… everyday a different story regarding the economy. We all know it’s goosed. But one day a headline will say ‘largest growing’ and the next day it is ‘performing badly’. Often from the same so called media outlet.