A fall in stockbuilding helps to explain why the economy contracted quite so sharply at the end of last year. Stocks are run down most at the start of a recession, suggesting that GDP should not keep falling at this rate. But that’s just as well. Without a marked easing in the rate of contraction, even our fairly gloomy forecast of a 3% fall in output this year would prove to be far too optimistic.
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