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It's about productivity, not trade (the GDP forcast is available to read, which obviously no news agency has bothered to do.) Last I checked the UK had a 6-7%
by krona 9y ago
It's about productivity, not trade (the GDP forcast is available to read, which obviously no news agency has bothered to do.)
Last I checked the UK had a 6-7% GDP trade deficit.
The UK needs another supply-side revolution, and not to turn it in to some beggar-thy-neighbour mercantile trading powerhouse. Brexit is small potatoes in the grand scheme of the real economy.
- throwaway5752 9y agoElaborate on what you mean by, "The UK needs another supply-side revolution, and not to turn it in to some beggar-thy-neighbour mercantile trading powerhouse. Brexit is small potatoes in the grand scheme of the real economy."
- standupstandup 9y agoI think he means that there's a lot of debate when you peel back the covers on how much modern trade deals really impact economic growth. And quite a lot of evidence that they have surprisingly little impact. If you go read press releases made about trade deals they always have apparently huge numbers but spread over a very large number of years. Modulo what's said elsewhere about the uselessness of economic predictions, the predicted impact is usually very low. Probably because tariffs are already quite low and falling globally, most trade barriers are now regulatory in nature and those tend to be relatively unaffected by trade deals.
- neilwilson 9y agoIn the floating rate era there can be no imbalance. Everybody is getting what they want by definition. Savings are an export product.