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==Economy==
[[File:Photo 2025-09-02 09-58-46.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Augist UK 30-year yields hit 5.70%, August 2025.]]
Britain has been hard hit by the [[Recession of 2008]], with its major banks taken over or subsidized by the government. Real gross domestic product declined by 4.6% in 2009, and is expected to rise by 0.6% before 2010 and probably will continue to increase by 1% in 2011.