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The consensus is still too optimistic

Other forecasters were slow to appreciate the depth of the recession. Since then, the consensus GDP forecast has been revised down close to our own. But we think other forecasters are still underestimating how weak inflation will be, and how much further the Bank of England will expand QE.

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