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Uk 1q gdp drop largest quarterly decline since 1958

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  • John_Pierpoint
    John_Pierpoint Posts: 8,401 Forumite
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    Anyone know why 1958 was even worse than 2009?

    (I would have thought we would have got over the "Suez" adventure by then.)
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    edited 1 July 2009 at 2:52AM
    Anyone know why 1958 was even worse than 2009?

    (I would have thought we would have got over the "Suez" adventure by then.)

    And Never had it so good icon7.gif the big link though seems to be Wacko, born 1958, died 2009.

    The similarities between that and the current recession are downright remarkable. Like ours, the 1957-1958 recession was truly global.

    http://bradleyandco.blogspot.com/2009/02/as-bad-as-1958-recession-that-works.html
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
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