BUDGET 2002: Economy to grow by up to 2.5%
The UK economy will grow by between 2% and 2.5% in 2002, Gordon Brown said in his Budget speech today.
The UK economy will grow by between 2% and 2.5% in 2002, Gordon Brown said in his Budget speech today.
Announcing growth last year of 2.2% – ahead of many of the UK’s international competitors – Brown said growth would be greater over the next 12 months.
In 2003 growth is forecast to be between 3% and 3.5%, and in 2004, between 2.5% and 3%.
He also said that he had told Bank of England governor Eddie George that he would maintain an inflation target of 2.5% and maintain a fiscal platform that was ‘pro-stability and pro-growth’.
Brown added: ‘Nothing in the Budget will undermine that platform of stability.’
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