A modest rebound in U.S. wheat production and supplies is improving the outlook for profitability among grain elevators, and a sweet deal from the USDA’s Ag Marketing Service awarding over $15 million to promote the maple syrup industry.
said he expected uk contributions to return to 0.7% of the national income by 2024 25. let s talk now to our economics editor, faisal islam. the chancellor sounded very optimistic in the commons today but there are more pessimistic views about the economic outloook, not least from the the office for budget responsibility. so many measures but so much hinges on quite tricky assumptions about where the economy will go after the extraordinary 18 months we ve had. at first, they must feel vindication for the rescue efforts that it has helped create the space for extra borrowing and therefore more spending. the economy has rebounded faster than expectations, and that they see as vindication. going forward, the growth rate are pretty low, pretty sluggish, 1.3%, 1.6%.