Blog posts tagged "Recession"

April 25, 2012 10:45 am 18 Comments

In the end, it wasn’t marginal. This morning GDP figures show Britain clearly back in recession, the dreaded double dip, with GDP in key one at -0.2 per cent.

April 21, 2012 7:51 pm 18 Comments

"I am not in, as the chancellor of the exchequer, a daily opinion poll contest and a daily popularity contest. I will tell you what I am engaged in. A daily contest with the rest of the world to make Britain competitive to bring jobs to Britain."

January 25, 2012 3:36 pm 7 Comments

The UK is probably in recession already, but the growth of the economy since the Oct 2010 spending review is just one tenth of government predictions at the time.

September 14, 2011 4:45 pm 10 Comments

Euro crisis, poor jobs figures, massive national strikes, on top of high inflation squeezing living standards - Economics Editor Faisal Islam reports on the political response to the economic bad weather.

May 27, 2011 3:10 pm 20 Comments

"You could call this the Great Stagnation, you could call it the Disastrous Decoupling, you could call it Growth without Gain. What it definitely is, though, is deeply bad news for a massive swathe of Britain."

April 21, 2011 5:16 pm 7 Comments

Can the economy recover when small businesses still face rising finance costs? (If they can get credit at all) Economics Editor Faisal Islam reports.

September 27, 2010 1:12 pm 13 Comments

Prudent savers are being sacrificed at the altar of feckless spenders - at least temporarily - and that is how it has to be in the current financial climate, the Bank of England's Charlie Bean tells Economics Editor Faisal Islam.

September 23, 2010 7:10 pm 4 Comments

Faisal Islam blogs about the shrinking Irish economy, and the warning signals it's sending the Treasury.

April 27, 2010 1:13 pm 8 Comments

So there we have it. Clarity, honesty, and candour on Day 22 of the election campaign. Not at any of the party political press conferences. No, it’s been left to the trusty holders of the spending shield of truth: the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

January 28, 2010 7:27 pm No Comments

Economics correspondent Faisal Islam describes interviewing Conservative leader David Cameron, who says his party would start cutting the deficit this year, even if Britain relapses into recession.