The stock market once again proved it can be an incredibly unforgiving and swiftly punishing place, as a two-week long downturn was given new fuel by Standard & Poor’s decision last Friday to downgrade the U.S. credit rating.
The current government’s plan to reduce the soaring deficit is not ‘credible’ and risks driving up interest rates and causing a slide in the pound, 20 leading economists warned yesterday.
The economists wrote:
‘In the absence of a credible plan, there is a risk that a loss of confidence in the UK’s economic policy framework will contribute to higher long-term interest rates and/or currency instability, which could undermine the recovery.
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