Leaving the EU has reduced Britain’s GDP by up to 8pc, according to a devastating US study

The latest such assessment comes in the form of a paper from the US-based National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). This concludes that Brexit has reduced UK GDP by 6pc to 8pc, far more than most previous estimates.

Investment is worse off by between 12pc and 18pc, employment by between 3pc and 4pc, and productivity also by between 3pc and 4pc. There have been few more devastating assessments than this.

  • Augustiner@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Interesting to read this in the telegraph. If I recall correctly they were pro leave during the campaign leading up to the referendum.

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      12 hours ago

      They are pro-Tory. The Tories greatest threat right now is being eaten alive by the Reform party. Doesn’t matter if the Telegraph have to take a hit, blaming Farage not the Tories for the economy is worth it.

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      16 hours ago

      Because they report the news and inform the public … their content just tends to have a four or five year lag compared to reality.

      • LuckingFurker (Any/All)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        16 hours ago

        It’s the Torygraph, they deal lightly at best with news and informing the public, which is what makes it very surprising. If they’re reporting it then reality is even worse

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      12 hours ago

      Yeah, that’s the significant thing for me here. Not what’s being said, but which paper is saying it.