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    The recession cont'd Archived Message

    Posted by Mary on August 13, 2020, 2:49 pm

    Says it all.

    7. There is one winner

    If there are parts of the economy to have benefited from the coronavirus crisis, you would be forgiven for thinking about supermarkets or the makers of hygiene and cleaning products.

    In the ONS sub-categories governing the early data for the second quarter, there is only one showing growth.

    That is public administration and defence. It rose by 0.4% between April and June compared to the previous three months.


    https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-recession-the-7-stats-revealing-how-badly-the-economy-is-hurting-12047580

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    • The recession cont'd - Mary August 13, 2020, 2:49 pm