Britain's economy may already be larger than it was before the financial crisis, according to a respected think tank, in a sign that the scars left by the Great Recession have finally healed.
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said "robust" growth helped the economy to expand by between 1% and 1.2% in the three months to April, the Telegraph reports. Growth at the upper end of this estimate would mean Britain surpassed its pre-crisis peak last month, as the economy finally clawed back the losses it suffered in the recession. "We're incredibly close to the pre-recession peak," said Jack Meaning, a research fellow at NIESR. "So whether we make it in the estimates or not will be a matter of 0.1 percentage points. Investment is going to start pic...
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