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UK economy to slip to seventh biggest in world in 2019: PwC
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Huh...now who would have had the gall to suggest that British growth would slow post-Brexit???? (Hint: every actual economist who was asked to provide a projection!)
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain risks slipping from being the world’s fifth-biggest economy to its seventh-largest next year, when it is due to leave the European Union, with France and India on course to overtake it, accountancy firm PwC said.
PwC projected economic growth in 2019 of 1.6 percent for Britain — assuming the country manages to avoid the shock of a no-deal Brexit in March — versus 1.7 percent for France and 7.6 percent for India.
“The UK and France have regularly alternated in having the larger economy, but subdued growth in the UK in 2018 and again in 2019 is likely to tip the balance in France’s favor,” PwC economist Mike Jakeman said.
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Britain’s economy slowed and the value of the pound slumped after the 2016 Brexit referendum decision to leave the EU.
Huh...now who would have had the gall to suggest that British growth would slow post-Brexit???? (Hint: every actual economist who was asked to provide a projection!)