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22 August 2009

U.S. and this earlier exit by Japan and others

The move by Japan out of recession this week, following France and Germany last week, is welcome news for the UK economy. As well as benefiting UK exporters, it is an encouraging sign that the coordinated global action of the past year is beginning to bear fruit. What has been remarkable about this recession is its synchronised, global nature. Every country in the G7 has entered recession, with the decline in German and Japanese output greater than here in the UK in earlier quarters. In responding to that synchronised downturn, we require an international and co-ordinated response. That's why the agreements we've reached through the G20 have been so important. In Britain's response to the recession, we have adopted a model that has been followed around the world. The IMF have praised our response to the crisis as bold. That's not to say that the details have been identical - economies are different, as can be seen by the earlier entry into recession by the U.S. and this earlier exit by Japan and others. But, the steps we have taken have been broadly followed elsewhere.


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