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Saturday, 11 October 2008
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Darling vows to get Britons through storm
Britain will get through the financial crisis and the government has to stop bickering about who should run the country, Chancellor Alistair Darling said on Monday.
22 Sep 2008 |
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Mild recession seen in second half of 2008
Britain is heading for a shallow recession in the second half of this year and next year's economic growth will be the weakest since 1992, the Confederation of British Industry said on Monday.
15 Sep 2008 |
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FT says media misinterpret Darling comment
The media wrongly gave the impression that the Chancellor was predicting the deepest recession in 60 years, the Financial Times said on Monday, slightly lifting the battered sterling.
01 Sep 2008 |
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Economy at its weakest since 1992
The economy failed to expand in the second quarter of this year for the first time since the slump of the early 1990s and reinforcing expectations interest rates will have to fall to avoid a painful recession.
23 Aug 2008 |
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Economy weakest since 1992
The economy unexpectedly ground to a halt in the second quarter, its weakest performance since the recession of the early 1990s, revised official data showed on Friday.
22 Aug 2008 |
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Economy worries boost dollar and hit commodities
Worries about a slowing global economy pushed the dollar to six-month highs against the euro and other major currencies on Tuesday, and prompted more selling of key commodities such as gold and oil.
12 Aug 2008 |
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Japan economy angst boosts sales of Marxist novel
A Marxist novel written in 1929 has climbed to the top of Japan's best seller list, reflecting growing anxiety about job security and widening income gaps in the world's second-biggest economy.
12 Aug 2008 |
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UK growth drops to just 0.2 per cent
The Office for National Statistics released figures on Friday showing that the UK economy grew by only 0.2 per cent in the second quarter of the year. It is the slowest quarterly growth in three years.
25 Jul 2008 |
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