WHERE'S THE GROWTH?

摘要

Turn to the business pages - and increasingly the front pages - of any broadsheet newspaper at the moment and there's no doubt what's top of the agenda: economic growth. Or more specifically, the lack of it. From the spectre of a Greek default and its ejection from the euro, to the latest high street sales, growth is the key to ensuring a sticky economic situation doesn't turn in to a lost decade of depression. It's why this month's latest industry contract figures, showing a surprise spurt in activity (see page 18), are so welcome.