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1 UK economic outlook: Brisk but not better growth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2021

Hande Küçük ,
Cyrille Lenoël  and
Rory Macqueen
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National Institute Economic Review , Volume 256: THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON MACROECONOMIC FORECASTING , Spring 2021 , e1
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© National Institute of Economic and Social Research 2021

Footnotes

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We would like to thank Richard Barwell, Rhys Bidder, Jagjit Chadha, Iana Liadze, Barry Naisbitt, Adrian Pabst and Kemar Whyte for helpful comments and Patricia Sanchez Juanino for preparing the charts and the database underlying the forecast. The forecast was completed on 26 April 2021, more recent data are incorporated in the text. Unless otherwise specified, the source of all data reported in tables and figures is the NiGEM database and NIESR forecast baseline. All questions and comments related to the forecast and its underlying assumptions should be addressed to Cyrille Lenoël ([email protected]).

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