UK targeting medium term growth of 2.5% – finance minister
LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng said on Friday he was targeting economic growth of 2.5% over the medium term.
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LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng said on Friday he was targeting economic growth of 2.5% over the medium term.
“We need a new approach for a new era, focused on growth. Our aim over the medium term is to reach a trend rate of growth of 2.5%,” he said during a fiscal statement to parliament.
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The fiscal statement was not accompanied by independent growth forecasts.
In March, the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast growth of 3.8% for 2022 and 1.8% for 2023, while the latest Bank of England forecasts suggest the economy is already in a recession.
(Reporting by David Milliken and William James, editing by Elizabeth Piper)