The pivotal issue now, he notes, relates to the sources of incremental activity that would provide some momentum to the currently anemic economic growth.

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As countless economists, independent economists have said, the payroll tax cut as well as the unemployment insurance are provisions that are some of the most effective provisions when it comes to giving momentum to economic growth and adding jobs.

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What mainly stands between the world and an economic setback worse than anything since the Great Depression of the 1930s is the present momentum of growth in America (above all) and Europe.

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McKinsey makes the striking claim that "the ratio of UK household debt to disposable income would not return to its pre-bubble trend for up to a decade" - which implies that as we in the UK look for a return to more normal levels of economic growth, momentum is not going to be provided by consumer spending for perhaps up to 10 years.

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