So far, we have heard from 13 of the 20 economists who signed the now-infamous letter to George Osborne in the Sunday Times in February 2010, in which they argued that:

The Q2 GDP growth figures from the ONS today were absolutely awful. Indeed, it was even worse than I had expected, having predicted -0.5 per cent against a consensus view of -0.2 per cent.

So the recession deniers were wrong again.

Total unemployment is the highest since 1994 -- under-25s and northerners are bearing the brunt.

Those economists who insisted that the recovery was on track have been left with egg on their faces.

It is increasingly clear that the PM is out of his depth and out of touch. This is "nothing for nothing economics".

Contrary to the coalition government's spin, the economy was recovering nicely under the last Labour government.{C}

Today has seen a flood of bad economic news. The Autumn Statement may be too little, too late.

Andrew Sentance on his website has posed te

Two more thoughts following yesterday's awful joblessness figures.