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[DimPrawn]

Brussels slashes economic forecast for Germany amid Eurozone slowdown

[Eirikur]

Brussels slashes economic forecast for Germany amid Eurozone slowdown

And that is funny because?

[Paddy]

Have you ever been to Germany?

When Germany does badly it is the equivalent to a boom in the UK.

[DimPrawn]

And that is funny because?

We are leaving, and not picking up the bill as the EU falls to bits.

[Yorkie62]

Brussels slashes economic forecast for Germany amid Eurozone slowdown

Meanwhile the UK is forecast to grow faster than any of its European counterparts. Brexit Boomtime

[meridian]

Meanwhile the UK is forecast to grow faster than any of its European counterparts. Brexit Boomtime

That’s fantastic news. Are we growing off the same base, or are we just catching up after poor past performance?

List of European Union member states by GDP growth - Wikipedia

Where’s the UK growth coming from? Given we’re a mostly services-based economy, and roughly half our trade is with the EU, what’s the basis behind the UK’s growth?

[meridian]

Just skimmed through the OBR report. That’s ten minutes of my life I won’t get back.

So we have retained the same broad-brush assumptions on productivity, trade and migration that underpinned our previous post-referendum forecasts (as set out in Chapter 3). These are consistent with a range of possible outcomes, albeit smooth rather than disorderly ones.

So their forecasts really are “despite Brexit”

[BrilloPad]

And that is funny because?

Because they gave the UK an extension to A50(Germany and EU are basically the same thing) which is causing the whole Eurozone to go into recession.

Serves them right.

Rescind the extension now.

[Eirikur]

Meanwhile the UK is forecast to grow faster than any of its European counterparts. Brexit Boomtime

Ahem Not
Spring 2019 Economic Forecast: Growth continues at a more moderate pace | European Commission

[DimPrawn]

That’s fantastic news. Are we growing off the same base, or are we just catching up after poor past performance?

List of European Union member states by GDP growth - Wikipedia

Where’s the UK growth coming from? Given we’re a mostly services-based economy, and roughly half our trade is with the EU, what’s the basis behind the UK’s growth?

UK exports grow faster than top competitors - GOV.UK