Time to talk up the economy
Yesterday's positive news that the UK economy enjoyed its fourth quarter of consecutive growth should mark a tipping point in business sentiment, argues Dougal Paver.
The dreadful recession, slowly turning in to a memory, was the banks' fault, right?
Maybe. But what about the media? Cast your mind back to the start of the credit crunch in August 2007 and you'll recall how the narrative changed fundamentally to a Fraser-eque 'we're all doooomed!'
It became the first recession we talked ourselves in to - or rather, allowed the media to talk us down to such an extent that it became a self-fulfilling prophecy.
So now it's time to flip the record and talk ourselves back up. Economic growth figures are strong and the financial markets on which our government relies to borrow to fund services have given the coalition's economic policies a major thumbs-up, reducing the country's interest burden dramatically in the process.
It may not feel like we're in clover - far from it - but the figures speak for themselves. Time to put on a cheery countenance and tell the world the UK's allright.
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