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1. UK Economic Outlook: Shortages and fiscal tightening threaten economic recovery from Covid-19

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2021

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Type
UK Forecast
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of National Institute Economic Review

Footnotes

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The authors are grateful to Janine Boshoff, Jagjit Chadha, Huw Dixon, Barry Naisbitt and Manuel Tong Koecklin for helpful comments and to Patricia Sanchez Juanino for preparing the charts and the database underlying the forecast. The forecast was completed on 25 October 2021; more recent data are incorporated in the text. Unless otherwise specified, the source of all data reported in tables and figures is the NiGEM database and NIESR forecast baseline. All questions and comments related to the forecast and its underlying assumptions should be addressed to Cyrille Lenoël (enquiries@niesr.ac.uk).

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