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Prudence and UK Trend Growth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2020

Simon Kirby*
Affiliation:
National Institute of Economic and Social Research
James Mitchell*
Affiliation:
National Institute of Economic and Social Research

Abstract

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Copyright © 2006 National Institute of Economic and Social Research

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Footnotes

Thanks to Ray Barrell and Martin Weale for helpful comments. We also owe a debt to Ken Wallis for comments made at the 2005 Stone Lectures held at the Bank of England.

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