Does it 事柄 that the UK is in 後退,不況 - and are things already getting better? This is Money podcast

It's finally happened. After months of will-we, won't-we 憶測, the UK economy has finally succumbed to 後退,不況.

The ONS 明らかにする/漏らすd this week that a 減少(する) in GDP in the final three months of 2023 meant that Britain had racked up two 連続した of 消極的な growth - and thus the dreaded R word is here.

But is this a bad one, why does the 称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語 'technical 後退,不況' keep 存在 bandied about and do these backward-looking 人物/姿/数字s mask things already getting better?

On this week's podcast, Georgie 霜, Helen Crane and Simon Lambert look at what 後退,不況 means for the UK and you.

加える, who are the villains の中で big banks and building societies when it comes to sky-high 基準 variable 率s for mortgage borrowers and is it them or the 顧客s themselves to 非難する if somone ends up 支払う/賃金ing almost 10 per cent 利益/興味?

Also on the show, the 顧客 turned 負かす/撃墜する for a switching 特別手当 by HSBC because they had a Midland account 21 years ago.

And finally, electric car sales aren't growing as 急速な/放蕩な as the 政府 or car 製造者s want. Does that mean it's time to 運動 a 取引?

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