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:''Michael Saunders, External Member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, May 2020.''
:''Michael Saunders, External Member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, May 2020.''





Revision as of 21:50, 6 June 2020

Month On Month, particularly in the context of percentage growth or decline.


The economic impacts of Covid-19 to date
"It is clear that the Covid-19 outbreak and measures designed to tackle it have led to a very large and rapid decline in economic activity that is without precedent in recent times...
As these effects began to develop, GDP fell by 2% in Q1 (with a 5.8% MoM drop in March), and a range of business surveys have shown unprecedented weakness since then."
Michael Saunders, External Member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, May 2020.


See also