BBCNEWS World Business Report July 6, 2024
hello there. we start here in the uk, where we are about to find out if the economy has fallen into recession — that's defined as two quarters in a row of negative economic growth. we already know the uk's entire economic output, or gross domestic product, shrank in the three months to september by 0.3%. injust over an hour, we get gdp figures for october to december. anotherfall would mean the uk is officially in recession. let's talk to melanie baker, senior uk economist at royal london asset management. her group managing funds worth over £150 billion. melanie, what is your pre...