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Could the UK be on the road to recovery?
British recovery

Hopes are rising that Britain’s economic recovery may take place sooner than many analysts expected. The IMF is expected to confirm Budget forecasts – widely derided as over-optimistic – of 0.2 per cent growth in 2010. Last month, chancellor Alistair Darling said the recession was now coming to an end. Meanwhile, London is hosting finance… Read more »

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Nassim Taleb's Black Swan book is a bestseller
Cameron brushes off hyperinflation warning

By Alex Stevenson Black Swan author Nicholas Nassim Taleb’s warnings to David Cameron that Britain faces a high risk of hyperinflation met with a cool response at a discussion event this morning. Speaking at the Royal Society of Arts on the relevance of Professor Taleb’s ideas to the economic crisis, the pair appeared to agree… Read more »