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Review of a tumultuous year 2022 for the British economy

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Demonstration against inflation at the call of the trade union organization Trades Union Congress (TUC), in London, June 18, 2022. REUTERS - HENRY NICHOLLS

Text by: Anne Verdaguer Follow

A look back at the "

 annus horribilis 

" experienced by the United Kingdom economically, with inflation reaching peaks, an energy crisis that is hitting households very hard, and repeated strikes: the country is on the way to experience its longest recession since the 1920s.

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  • Economy

  • Economic crisis