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Commercial property downturn to exceed the slumps of the 1970s and 1990s (Q4 08)

Although it might have been scarcely believable when we published the previous Analyst three months ago, the economic outlook has taken a further major turn for the worse. We now expect a serious economic recession – indeed, one bigger than in the early 1990s – with GDP contracting by 1.5% next year and by a further 1% in 2010.

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