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The economy is forecasted to contract by 11.3%, which would make 2020 the worst economic year since the Great Frost of 1709.

Here, Sky News’ economic editor Ed Conway explains why the UK’s GDP (gross domestic product), the best measure of how much income is being generated by the economy, is at a 300-year low.

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