Remember Brexit? Only three months ago, economists were near unanimous in believing it would be an economic disaster, creating market chaos and plunging Britain into recession, possibly even depression. It didn’t happen. Will economists learn their lesson? The failure of Britain to melt down after Brexit seems to have caught many by surprise and forced them to realign their forecasts to fit reality. Right now, its economy looks fine.
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