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Is this by Martin Wolf supposed to be serious?
According to a recent paper from the Centre for European Reform, the UK economy is already some 2.5 per cent smaller than it would have been if Britain had not decided on Brexit.
According to a recent paper from the Centre for European Reform, the UK economy is already some 2.5 per cent smaller than it would have been if Britain had not decided on Brexit.
If the UK economy lost 2.5% due to Brexit because it is 2.5% below previous trend, how much has the German economy lost because of Brexit? 8%?
There was a time when Martin Wolf got his opinions from facts. Now he gets facts from his opinions
Again - and this is recognized by the very people at Treasury that modeled Brexit impact - you don’t need Brexit to explain slowing down of UK economy compared to trend. Germany had no growth in second half of 2018, that alone could explain it
