Economics Help: Lost output from current recession

The current UK recession has led to the longest decline in GDP on record … HM treasury forecast an output gap of -2.7% for 2012/13. However, others think this under-estimates the amount of spare capacity in the UK economy. Bill Martin, professor of the Centre for Business Research at Cambridge Judge Business School, argues the UK’s spare capacity is closer to 10%…”

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