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Will Covid-19 upset optimistic economic forecasts?

Politics: Even the Treasury’s pessimistic scenario still expects annual growth of near 3%.

Brent Edwards Thu, 27 May 2021

Economic forecasting is often described as an art, rather than a science.

Some might say a forecast is an economist’s best guess on the day. But they do give a sense of what might happen in the future and, in the case of the Treasury, are strengthened and supplemented by the publication of a

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Brent Edwards Thu, 27 May 2021
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