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Brexit will hold back the recovery

We assume that a slim trade deal will be agreed by the end of this year and that a big step change in the UK-EU relationship will be avoided. But with the chances of a “no extension, no Brexit deal” rising, the risks to the UK’s economic recovery are on the downside. Either way, Brexit is one reason why the economic recovery in the UK is likely to be more sluggish than in many other countries.

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