Snapshot of Eurozone inflation falls to 5.5% in sharp contrast to UK. Economists put reason for divergence down to Brexit and Britain’s energy price guarantee.

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    Yeah I know what the difference is, I’ve just shown you that the OBR is referring to GDP when they walk about ‘long term productivity growth’ and nothing you have posted there contradicts that.

    Seems to be a pattern here, you say something incorrect, I point it out, and you throw insults.

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      Lol, no they’re not. Productivity is not GDP…

      And the 4% is over 15 years and is a result of loss of comparative advantage.

      If you have to compound an effect over 15 years to get 4%, the effect is fuck all.

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        So why do Bloomberg put it at 100bn based on that 4% figure?

        If you have to compound an effect over 15 years to get 4%, the effect is fuck all.

        Yeah, sounds unlikely doesn’t it?

        Let me ask you, what do you think it’s cost the UK per year in billion pounds?

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          Yeah, sounds unlikely doesn’t it?

          But that’s what the forecast says. 4% of productivity lost over the long term of 15 years due to loss of comparative advantage

          https://obr.uk/forecasts-in-depth/the-economy-forecast/brexit-analysis

          But the forecast is for the cost, no benefit is included.

          The loss of comparative advantage is replaced, I’d argue, with competitive advantage which has a much stronger effect. The UK is no longer bound by the anti science regulations on genetic engineering and the new overly restrictive proposed regulations on AI

          GDP per capita is a ratio of GDP / population, so if you do more with fewer people, by using automation, robots and AI, your GDP per capita will grow…

          The 4% figure over 15 years is a difference of 0.29% to 0.27% productivity growth. Government policy has at least that 0.02% effect

          I predict a Starmer govt will be able to introduce policy that will offset the productivity loss just by investing in renewable energy, let alone any research universities’ innovations.

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            long-run productivity is GDP mate. Unless you have something which actually says otherwise? Even assuming it is GDP per capita, so what?

            But the forecast is for the cost, no benefit is included.

            Yes it is included, there isn’t any.

            The UK is no longer bound by the anti science regulations on genetic engineering and the new overly restrictive proposed regulations on AI

            Uh-hu… back to maybe and could then…

            GDP per capita is a ratio of GDP / population, so if you do more with fewer people, by using automation, robots and AI, your GDP per capita will grow…

            Mate, I work in IT, have done for 25 years. There is no EU regulation preventing productivity increasing thanks to automation, what a load of nonsense.

            Also, we don’t have fewer people do we, we have more people.

            The 4% figure over 15 years is a difference of 0.29% to 0.27% productivity growth. Government policy has at least that 0.02% effect

            Show me a source from somebody credible that says that exactly.

            I have a credible source says it’s costing 100bn a year.

            Here’s another one

            https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-damage-uk-economy-covid-b2308178.html

            Britain’s gross domestic product (GDP) will be 4 per cent smaller than if the country had stayed in the EU, the head of the government’s fiscal watchdog confirmed on Sunday.

            Pretty clear that if you ask me, from a national newspaper.

            I predict a Starmer govt will be able to introduce policy that will offset the productivity loss just by investing in renewable energy, let alone any research universities’ innovations.

            I predict it could all have been done in the EU, and research and development would have been easier and cheaper to collaborate on to boot.

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              long-run productivity is GDP mate. Unless you have something which actually says otherwise? Even assuming it is GDP per capita, so what?

              🤦‍♂️

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                Yes it is maybes or could, that AI act is still not law and you have no idea what regulation the UK gov may or may not introduce. Further, I don’t believe anything in that act will prevent AI development anyway, which regulation is it exactly you think is going to be ‘overly restrictive’, they all sound very reasonable to me and I’m a technical person who works in IT, unlike you.

                So you ever going to answer my question then?

                What figure do you put on the cost per year, if you disagree with the OBR’s 100bn per year?

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                  I know how UK common law is written and how civil regs are, I’m not even going to begin arguing unless you demonstrate that you know the difference

                  And the cost? UK govt has actually spent around £8b on brexit preparations

                  The investment delay will be recouped

                  UK was 2nd in Europe on GDP per capita in 2016 and is still 2nd in Europe in 2022 so it’s negligible.

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                    And what is your source for that 8bn?

                    Is that all the costs, I asked how much per year?

                    UK was 2nd in Europe on GDP per capita in 2016 and is still 2nd in Europe in 2022 so it’s negligible.

                    The measure is against where we would have been had we remained in the EU though.