Just how hard will the euro crisis hit the UK?

The economic and financial effects of a limited break-up of the euro-zone commencing this year could knock some 3% to 4% off the level of UK GDP by the end of 2013. A bigger, more disorderly, break-up could have much more damaging effects.

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