and the independent trade economist rebecca harding. we start here in the uk where the economy is expected to do worse than every other major advanced country this year, including russia which has been hit by a barrage of economic sanctions from the west. that s according to the international monetary fund, the imf. it said the uk economy will shrink by 0.6% in 2023, rather than grow slightly as previously predicted. here s what they ve had to say. we have a very challenging environment in the united kingdom. we have a large terms of charts meaning that an energy crisis is very strong and in a country where there is a high dependence on liquid natural gas in the high pass through of the wholesale price to the retail price and this is heading towards the cost of living crisis and we have an environment as a response to this high inflation, there was a tightening of monetary policy by the bank of england and in the uk, this fits quickly into mortgages because a lot of mortgag
thank you very much for your time today. from fighterjets tojumbo jets today marked the end of an era, with the last ever boeing 7a7 leaving the factory in the us. in the last half hour, the last of the originaljumbojets nicknamed the queen of the skies was delivered to atlas air, where it will be used for cargo. this was the 747 s maiden flight in 1970 since then, 747s have carried hundreds of millions of passengers, making air travel affordable to the masses for the first time. kyle arnold is an aviation reporter with the dallas morning news. is itan is it an emotional day for you, do you think it s a sad farewell or is it about time? its you think it s a sad farewell or is it about time? you think it s a sad farewell or is it about time? its days have been numbered for it about time? its days have been numbered for quite it about time? its days have been numbered for quite a it about time? its days have been numbered for quite a while, - it about time? its days have