Economy weakest since 1992

[Reuters]

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's economy unexpectedly came to a standstill in the second quarter, its weakest performance since the recession of the early 1990s, revised official data showed on Friday.




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[Sweetpea]

Has anybody actually noticed this 'recession', I heard someone moaning about the price of a lamb chop in Sainbury's, but that's it really for me.

[Haqa]

Other than the prices of fuel, and thus just about everything else going up faster than my pay, the only other thing I noticed is the constant bleating of politicians and comentators on tv...

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[Churchill]

Al lot of self employed people are noticing it, particularly small businesses. There's been a masive slowdown in spending this year, joblessness usually follows, we'll have to wait and see.