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Economic outlook: summer 2003

With the economic picture becoming clearer following the end of the war in Iraq, IRS looks into its crystal ball to assess the UK's economic prospects and the implications for wage bargaining in the coming year.


Key points

  • Inflation has peaked and is forecast to ease during the rest of the year and into 2004Q1, the beginning of the busiest period in the 2004 pay round.