The economy remains subdued, with the public finances in a poor state, retail sales declining sharply in January and unemployment rising again. All of this simply reinforces our view that GDP will grow by just 1% this year, with inflation falling from around the middle of 2010 and the recent rises in bond yields also likely to be reversed.
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