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Triple dip debate distracts from dismal big picture

After what seems like a lifetime of speculation, we will finally get the official verdict this week on whether the UK is in a triple-dip recession or not. We still think that the chances of a further contraction in GDP in the first quarter are pretty much 50/50.

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