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IMF 2014 Review of the UK Economy
29th July 2014
Here is a link to a video report produced by the IMF as part of their annual assessment of the UK economy. Overall, the IMF is considerably more optimistic than it was in 2013 about prospects for near term recovery of output and continued reductions in unemployment.Risks to macro stability are also considered, namely weak productivity growth and high housing prices
More suggested reading:
UK economy and the IMF: http://www.imf.org/external/country/gbr/
UK economy rebounding strongly (28 July 2014): http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2014...
IMF predicts UK growth surge (Guardian): http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jul/24/im...
Pound is overvalued warns the IMF (Daily Telegraph): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/10996...
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.