08-01-2019 19:27 via theguardian.com

It's not Brexit Britain most likely to have a recession. It's Germany

If Europe’s biggest economy bumps into a slump then UK bargaining power may changeTake Europe’s three biggest economies and list them in order of the likelihood of being in recession in the second half of 2018. Chances are Brexit-bound Britain would come first followed by France after its gilets jaunes protests. Germany would come last.In fact, it is the eurozone’s locomotive economy that is at biggest risk of fulfilling the technical definition of recession – two consecu
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