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		<title>UK avoids triple-dip recession</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Higson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As expected, the UK economy has escaped from a triple-dip recession by the skin of its teeth with a return to positive growth of just 0.3% in the first quarter of 2013, according to provisional estimates released by the ONS today. <a href="http://economicsonline.co.uk/wordpress/?p=5269">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>IMF identifies three-speed recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Cantor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The IMF has downgraded its growth forecast for the developed economies, including the UK. In its twice yearly World Economic Outlook the IMF has identified a three-speed recovery from the global recession <a href="http://economicsonline.co.uk/wordpress/?p=3062">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Benefit cap</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Higson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From today, April 15th, a benefit cap of £500 per week for couples and lone parents, and £350 a week for single adults will be introduced in four London boroughs &#8211; Croydon, Bromley, Haringey and Enfield. Other local authorities will &#8230; <a href="http://economicsonline.co.uk/wordpress/?p=3014">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Budget 2013 – Comment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Higson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With interest rates at an all time low, and with QE having run out of steam, it looks like conventional monetary policy is, as least for now, a dead duck. Low interest rates and quantitative easing were supposed to be &#8230; <a href="http://economicsonline.co.uk/wordpress/?p=2963">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>UK credit rating downgraded</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 08:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Higson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK lost its coveted Aaa credit rating, which it has held since 1978, when Moody's downgraded UK government bonds by one notch to Aa1. The other two main agencies have yet to make a move, but it is likely that they will follow suit in the near future. <a href="http://economicsonline.co.uk/wordpress/?p=2926">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>EU budget – Cameron can enjoy his Sunday roast</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Higson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After an intense night of haggling the EU’s 27 leaders finally agreed to a cut in the payment ceiling for 7-year EU budget, reducing the limit from €942.8bn to €908.4bn – a reduction of 3.65%.  This represents the first cut in the EU budget since the formation of the Common Market in 1957. <a href="http://economicsonline.co.uk/wordpress/?p=2905">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>UK edges nearer to triple-dip recession</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Higson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK economy experienced a fall in GDP in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to provisional estimates released by the ONS today. The 0.3% fall, which comes on the back of positive news on jobs, means that the UK &#8230; <a href="http://economicsonline.co.uk/wordpress/?p=2890">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quantitative Easing put on hold</title>
		<link>http://economicsonline.co.uk/wordpress/?p=2878</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Cantor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minutes of the MPC meeting held on January 9th and 10th were released today (Jan 23rd) and provide clear evidence that MPC members are shying away from further rounds of Quantitative Easing (QE).  It was agreed that Bank Rate should be maintained at 0.5%; and that the Bank of England should maintain the stock of asset purchases at £375 billion.  <a href="http://economicsonline.co.uk/wordpress/?p=2878">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Poverty report</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Cantor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly a quarter of all UK citizens were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, according to a survey by the ONS, released this week. This is equivalent to 14 million people and places the UK midway down the EU &#8230; <a href="http://economicsonline.co.uk/wordpress/?p=2863">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>﻿Child Benefit reforms – the end of universal benefits?</title>
		<link>http://economicsonline.co.uk/wordpress/?p=2844</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Higson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK government’s new higher income tax charge for those claiming Child Benefit, which comes into effect tomorrow (7th January, 2013), marks an end to universal welfare benefits in the UK. The new scaled charge applies to taxpayers who have &#8230; <a href="http://economicsonline.co.uk/wordpress/?p=2844">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Autumn Statement</title>
		<link>http://economicsonline.co.uk/wordpress/?p=2820</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Cantor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Autumn Statement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK Chancellor, George Osborne, today delivered the later than usual Autumn Statement – his third since the Coalition government came to power promising to ‘clear up the economic mess’ left by the previous Labour government.  <a href="http://economicsonline.co.uk/wordpress/?p=2820">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Underemployment hits 3 million</title>
		<link>http://economicsonline.co.uk/wordpress/?p=2792</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Higson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Inequality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ONS this week announced that underemployment in the UK has risen to just over 10% of the labour force, up nearly 50% since the start of the recession in 2008. Underemployment now stands at just over 3 million, affecting 20% of young people and concentrated in low skill occupations. <a href="http://economicsonline.co.uk/wordpress/?p=2792">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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