Despite the write-downs already made, the financial sector has yet to face billions of pounds of further losses associated with the downturn in the economy. Our forecast that unemployment will ultimately rise by 1.7 million has worrying consequences for the insurance sector in particular, given the prevalence of payment protection insurance (PPI) policies.
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