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Jun 2023
47m 29s

UK avoids recession, house price warning...

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The UK has avoided recession.

Emma Crosby's sitting in for Ian King, and is joined by a leading economist as revised GDP figures show slight growth for the first quarter of the year.

Plus she's talking to he boss of Nationwide as the building society warns continued mortgage rate hikes are threatening a 'significant drag' on the housing market, and hear from the Icelandic company turning carbon dioxide into stone.
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