welcome to the programme. it was budget day here in britain today. a big set piece annual event in which the chancellor stairs into the crystal ball, and tries to predict the future and how best to steer the uk economy through it. the obstacles in his way are common to europe and the united states. high inflation, higher interest rates, and since the pandemic, an intractably acute labour shortage. this graph trackjob vacancies across europe since august 2022, historically high after the pandemic, but you will see the uk, the red line at the very top, is struggling more than most. with 1.1 million vacancies. if more people are employed, more people are paying tax. the good news for the chancellor is that the uk will swerve recession this year thanks to growth returning by the summer. but the economy will still contract by 0.2%. and any brighter news, is tempered by slower growth over the long term. mr hunt said the uk would only grow by 1.8% next year and byjust 2.5% in 2025
company s income and earnings both fell by more than 20% in the past quarter compared to the past quarter compared to the same period last year. it is a big number but not totally unexpected because the company been slashing prices of its top selling cars over the past year. more from new york. bringing in 20% less income is well, not good, what has helped the electric car maker is that it warned wall street this was coming. so it didn t come as a complete surprise, given tesla cut prices on its top selling cars several times last year, and in fact did it again this week. tesla is grappling with higher borrowing costs for consumers, slowing demand for their cars and so much more competition in the electric car market. the price cuts did the trick, the company saw a 36% jump trick, the company saw a 36% jump in deliveries, but the price cuts also mean that the profit margins on each car sold have gotten smaller. staying with the car sector because jaguar land rover is investin
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