UK still in recession – answers
true/false/no evidence
- Britain has returned to growth. F: it is still in recession
- The economy shrank in the last 3 months. T
- The government is disappointed at the news. NE: we can assume they are but nothing is mentioned about the government’s feelings
- The UK economy has shrunk by 6% during the last quarter. F: 6% over 18 months, 0.4% over the past 3 months
- An election s planned for June 2010. F: one is due in June but nothing is stated as being planned
- The Finance Minister is very upbeat. NE: the reporter says he is striving (trying ) to be upbeat but we don’t know how he feels
- The government believes that confidence has returned. F: they feel that confidence is beginning to return
- This is the longest and deepest recession on record. NE: the longest since the second world war, we have no evidence from before that time in the piece
- Economic leadership in the UK is strong. F: there is no economic leadership
- The figures for the last quarter have just been released. F: they will be released in January