The slowdown in economic growth
As most forecasters agree, this year is likely to be the last in
which a set of exceptional factors conspire to produce a rate of
economic growth that remains, by most standards, extraordinary.
Yesterday's exchequer returns were also the last before polling day
on May 24th. As such they demonstrate how important it will be for
growth in the economy and, by extension, in tax revenues to reach
projected targets if the many promises being made as part of the
election campaign have any chance of being kept. Login or subscribe for more.
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