Fact checks looking at the impact and reported impact of brexit on the UK economy
Economy, Business & Finance
A comprehensive forecast hasn’t been produced. The Brexit Secretary says the government has to decide its plan for mitigation before such a forecast can be produced. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We have a voluntary choice about import tariffs, but not the tariffs on our exports. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
It's not unorthodox to say that trading with the EU under terms set by the WTO would be bad from an economic perspective, but putting an exact cost on it is tricky. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
There hasn’t been an immediate hit to economic growth following the EU referendum. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Whatever the answer is, it won’t be simple. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The pound saw a big one-day rise yesterday, but its value against the US dollar remains low compared to recent years. Read
Europe
Germany sells about 14% of all the passenger cars it makes domestically to the UK, a little over one in seven. (That makes up about 18% of the passenger cars it exports, a little under one in five). Read
Europe
Campaigners on both sides of the EU referendum made false claims, or predicted things that turned out to be wrong. Sometimes they made false claims about the false claims made by each other. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Office for Budget Responsibility expect the government to have a £21 billion deficit in 2020/21. In March they had predicted an £11 billion surplus. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) expects national income in 2020/21 to be about £50 billion lower than it would have been, had the UK voted to remain in the EU. Read
