How the government's 2012 growth forecasts have slumped disastrously

George Osborne has revealed in the Autumn Statement that the OBR now believes that growth in 2012 will be -0.1% (that’s a minus). In Osborne’s first budget the prediction for 2012 growth was 2.8%.

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How the government’s 2012 growth forecasts have slumped disastrously

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