Economics
UK Economists See Growing Recession Risk With Jump in Inflation
- Chance of slump up from 45% as cost of living crisis worsens
- BOE expected to deliver another half-point hike in September
A man walks past a boarded up shop in in Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
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Economists are growing increasingly pessimistic about the UK, with the risk of a recession now seen as far more likely than not and interest rates expected to go higher than previously thought.