Leading economists warn 1% growth could become the UK’s new norm

10 September 2013
Tax and Fiscal Policy

Leading economists warn 1% growth could become the UK’s new norm

Tim Congdon CBE, Joanna Davies, Haroon Fatih, Dr Andrew Lilico, Robert Sierra, Peter Warburton and Trevor Williams
10 September 2013

New research argues poor recovery is due to a major productivity crisis

Leading economists are warning that the long-term, sustainable growth rate in the UK may be only 1% (compared with the … Continue reading “Leading economists warn 1% growth could become the UK’s new norm”

Will flat-lining become normal?: An analysis of Britain’s worst period of peacetime growth since the industrial revolution

10 September 2013
Research

Will flat-lining become normal?: An analysis of Britain’s worst period of peacetime growth since the industrial revolution

Tim Congdon CBE, Joanna Davies, Haroon Fatih, Dr Andrew Lilico, Robert Sierra, Peter Warburton and Trevor Williams
10 September 2013

Leading economists warn 1% growth could become the UK’s new norm

Summary:  The UK’s sustainable growth rate has been much lower than that calculated by the OBR and used by the … Continue reading “Will flat-lining become normal?: An analysis of Britain’s worst period of peacetime growth since the industrial revolution”