the us, germany, france, italy and japan are all expected to grow. but there is a note of optimisim the imf believes things will improve in 2024, forecasting the economy will grow by 0.9%. the chancellorjeremy hunt has said that the uk outperformed many forecasts last year and that if we stick to ur plan to halve inflation, the uk is still predicted to grow faster than germany and japan over the coming years. our economics correspondent, andy verity, has more. it is saying we are quite dependent on gas prices and other economies are too, germany and other economies are too, germany and italy are much more dependent on gas from russia that the uk, but i think what it is focusing on its retail prices and the fact that although there has been some government support it has not been