The Financial Times with their survey on analyst (more than 100 economists) outlooks for the UK into this new year

  • Expectations of:
    business investment remains on hold
  • interest rates creep up
  • indebted consumers curb their spending
  • inflation would start to recede this year

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  • The UK was one of the fastest growing advanced economies in 2016 but dropped below all other G7 economies in 2017
  • Is expected to remain towards the back of the pack this year, with Japan and Italy.
  • Just over half of the 111 economists who responded to the survey expect growth to be no more than 1.5 per cent in 2018

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