The Osborne Effect: OECD slash growth projection

Today the OECD slashed growth projections for next year. Just six months ago they were predicting 1.8% growth in 2012 – now that’s slumped to just 0.6%. Clearly they don’t think Osborne’s plan is working either.

They’ve also predicted that unemployment will continue to rise for at least another two years…

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