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Originally Posted by ianch99
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It’s only a model. You know, like the ones the over-predict Covid hospitalisations.
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
The OBR does not bandy around finger-in-the-air figures, Old Boy. They know that macro is not a cash and carry. 
What economists do know is that when you increase costs and red tape in one country, you put that country at a competitive disadvantage. That's where your minus 4% comes from. At the moment, the opportunities we're creating are for overseas businesses and not UK ones.
Take the latest farce - from January, our steel and aluminium producers will continue to face hefty 25% tariffs from the US whilst our EU competitors will face none.
https://www.theguardian.com/business...iffs-abolished |
You are looking only at the EU, as usual. We will be thinking more globally in the future. That’s where our opportunities lie.