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Waving goodbye to two decades
By Gavin Kelly - 25 January 13:26

Nice or nasty, either way the economic future doesn't look great.

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Leader: A decade of stagnation looms if the Chancellor won’t act
By Staff blogger - 01 December 9:15

Osborne has learned that unless you stimulate growth, you can't deal with your debts.

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Borrowing is bad. Unless Gideon's doing it
By Mehdi Hasan - 30 November 14:42

Not only has growth stalled and austerity failed but the Tories can't even win the economic argument on their own terms.

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Osborne takes an axe to the public sector
By George Eaton - 29 November 15:35

710,000 public sector jobs will be cut by 2017, up from previous estimate of 400,000.

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Osborne to borrow more than Labour was projected to
By George Eaton - 29 November 14:17

Chancellor forecast to borrow £19bn more than the Brown government was expected to.

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Double-dip recession: don't say we didn't warn you
By George Eaton - 28 November 15:04

The New Statesman warned in 2009 that Osborne had no plan for growth.

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Will Osborne produce a credible plan for growth?
By David Nash - 24 November 13:41

Amid the gloom, one good news story isn’t enough and the Chancellor knows it. He must act to stem the tide.

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GDP figures offer little relief for Osborne
By George Eaton - 01 November 10:38

Growth of 0.5 per cent in Q3 was less than half of what Osborne needed to meet the OBR's forecasts.

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Could interest rates go even lower?
By George Eaton - 17 October 15:24

A reduction in the base rate from 0.5 per cent to 0.25 per cent is no longer unthinkable.

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OBR chief warns Britain will miss growth targets
By Samira Shackle - 04 August 10:01

Robert Chote, head of the OBR, suggests that the Chancellor will miss his 1.7 per cent growth target.

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