Our recovery is miles behind America – Osborne isn’t working, Obama is

The UK’s growth forecast was downgraded by the OECD this morning. That’s not particularly surprising – our growth forecasts only seem to go one way – but compared to how the US is performing post financial crisis, the forecasts are stark. Let’s first take a look at the difference in OECD growth forecasts:

oecd growth uk vs us

That’s the difference between a US economy which had a substantial stimulus, and a UK economy which has leaped headlong into austerity. The impact on unemployment is even more pronounced:

oecd unemployment uk vs us

Osborne isn’t working. Obama is.

osborne obama

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