Interest rates up 0.5%!

[the other bob wilson]

Have you ever heard of Covid?

Are there Torries in America?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61804877

US makes biggest interest rate rise in almost 30 years

Are the Torries in Europe ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62240730

Eurozone raises interest rates for first time in 11 years

You can't shut the World down for two years and expect everything to be hunky dory!

True, but why is it that the UK is predicted to have the lowest growth rate out of the G20 apart from Russia?

https://www.newstatesman.com/chart-o...ery-g20-russia

[JamesWales]

True, but why is it that the UK is predicted to have the lowest growth rate out of the G20 apart from Russia?

https://www.newstatesman.com/chart-o...ery-g20-russia

There is no good news around for anyone, but you needs to look at ACTUAL data, rather than predictions.

Usual real data, The UK currently has the second highest growth in the G20.
https://tradingeconomics.com/country...al-growth-rate

This of course is linked to the previous anaemic growth, but so too must future growth (or lack thereof) be compared to the more rapid growth mentioned above. All economies are on slightly different cycles following Covid.

The reality is, there is very little good news around for anyone

[Cleve van Leef]

There is no good news around for anyone, but you needs to look at ACTUAL data, rather than predictions.



The reality is, there is very little good news around for anyone

Apart from Shell, BP, Exxon Mobil, Centrica and all the other Oil companies.