The Bank of England forecast on Wednesday that the British economy was unlikely to slide into recession even though there was a strong chance of negative growth at the start of 2009.
The BoE, presenting its latest quarterly forecasts on economic growth and inflation, said Britain would experience "broadly flat output in the third quarter."
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