Weekly Economic Briefings > Uk Weekly Economic Briefing

The publication of HM Treasurys analysis of the economic consequences of Brexit dominated the headlines this week. While some of the Treasurys assumptions are not unreasonable, its gloomy conclusions look overstated.Meanwhile, the latest economic data has provided some grist to the mill for those arguing that referendum-related uncertainty is hurting the economy. But the detail of the numbers augers against using that uncertainty as a catch-all excuse.