BBCNEWS World Business Report June 4, 2024 04:35:00
We've been hit by a very severe shock, and that shock is coming through energy prices. i'm afraid we've got to be blunt about this, it's coming from the actions of russia. i'm afraid, as you say, yes, we are forecasting a recession now. you are blaming russia for that, but economic policy is set here. what i would say to that is that our concern is to ensure that this very big shock, that's going to hit people this winter, doesn't then get embedded into the system. that's the real concern we have. the big decision today was to raise interest rates by half a percentage point. but the big surpri...