In the media | 31 Jan 2023

ITV: IMF – Prospects for the world economy ‘less gloom’ but UK forecast downgraded

British money

Michael Saunders, Senior Economic Advisor at Oxford Economics, joins Joel Hills at ITV to discuss interest rates and the growth of the UK economy.

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