On the day the UK Prime Minister Theresa May triggers Article 50, beginning a two-year process that will see the country leave the European Union (EU), Azad Zangana, Senior European Economist, and Keith Wade, Chief Economist, comment on what they expect now for the UK economy.
Since the UK voted to leave the EU the domestic economy has experienced a more muted reaction than expected, as has the UK stock market. Sterling, however, has declined. Stronger-than-expected consumer spending has helped support the economy, while, in part, the resilience of the UK stock market has been the result of investor appetite for international stocks with foreign - particularly US dollar - earnings.
But now that the trigger has been pulled on Article 50, what...
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