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The Journal Gazette (Indiana, USA):
After Brexit, could be calm before storm

18 September 2016

Fear of an economic meltdown was the biggest weapon in the campaign to stop Britain from leaving the European Union. Ten weeks after the vote, though, some say the fearmongering was overdone. Although the pound has fallen to a 30-year low, as predicted, people continue to spend and activity in manufacturing and services rebounded last month from a sharp contraction in July. House prices have held up.
But Swati Dhingra, one of those who forecast severe damage to the economy, says the danger hasn't past. Warnings about the impact of Brexit were focused on what might happen when Britain leaves the EU, and that won't happen for more than two years - at least. Until then, no one knows what the country's relationship with the EU will look like and what effect it will have on trade, labor supply and investment, she said.

This article was published online by The Journal Gazette (Indiana, USA) on September 18, 2016
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Trade Programme webpage

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