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we start in the uk, where we now have a new finance minister after a night of high political drama. the former chancellor rishi sunak handed in his resignation on tuesday evening, citing a failure of leadership from the prime minister in his handling of the latest political scandal. this left the top finance job up in the airfor a few hours before nadim zahawi was appointed as the new chancellor of the exchequer. this comes at a critical time for the economy as the uk grapples with a cost of living crisis and rising inflation. this was acknowledged in rishi sunak s resignation letter. he said: now, this is being read by some as a defence for current high taxes which could mean that the new man in the job may have been brought in to change that. so what can we expect from the new chancellor? i m joined byjustin urquhart stewart founder of the investment platform regionally. justin, platform regionally. good morning to you. so, justin, good morning to you. so, let s tal ....
hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. i m victoria fritz. we start here in the uk, with warnings that the country is set for the slowest growth of the g7 nations next year. for context, the uk is not alone, the imf says the global economy will shrink for the first time since 2020, why? partly the pandemic, partly the warn in ukraine, but the risk of recession is rising, and the uk is vulnerable. here are the numbers. the imf has revised down its growth for next year, from 1.2% to just 0.5%. significantly behind the us and europe at over i%, and the globalfigure of 2.9% growth in 2023. so why would the uk fare comparatively worse? well part of the problem is the uk s reliance on fossil fuels, making up 76% of our energy mix, compared tojust under 60% across the eu. let s listen to the imf s chief economist. the one thing that worries me more about the uk economy is that their inflation numbers seem to quite high, there are quite high gas prices a ....
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