Brexit und danach?
14.07.2020 um 20:18Das britische Finanzministerium hat seine Wachstumsprognose von April deutlich nach unten korrigiert. Es geht jetzt davon aus, dass das britische BIP noch im Jahre 2024 unter dem Vorkrisenniveau von 2019 bleiben wird. Bedrohlicher ist aber das prognostizierte Anwachsen der Arbeitslosigkeit unter dem mittleren Szenario:
Yet it’s new central scenario, published as part of its regular Fiscal Sustainability Report, shows a slower path of recovery and some permanent “scarring” to the UK’s growth potential as a result of the crisis.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-obr-economy-central-scenario-forecast-coronavirus-v-shape-recovery-a9617921.html
The scenario has the level of UK economy activity still 3.6 per cent below that suggested by the pre-crisis GDP path by 2024.
And the outlook for unemployment is worse, with the forecaster now seeing joblessness peaking at 12 per cent later this year as the Government’s furlough scheme is wound down, which would be the worst jobless rate seem in the UK since the mass unemployment of the 1980s.