Economic output per person in the UK will not recover to its pre-crisis peak until 2018, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR).
Capita Registrars has cut its UK dividend growth projection for 2013 from 8% to 6.7%, warning payouts cannot outstrip GDP growth indefinitely.
Incoming Bank of England Governor Mark Carney intends to place economic growth at the top of his priority list when he takes on his new role.
UK GDP contracted 0.3% in the final quarter of 2012, a worse than expected figure that raises the spectre of a triple-dip recession.
China's economic growth picked up in the fourth quarter of 2012, but data for the year as a whole showed the country recorded its slowest growth for 13 years.
The World Bank has cut its global growth forecast for 2013, blaming sluggish growth in developed economies for the ‘fragile' and ‘uncertain' global economic recovery.
Today the MPC left interest rates untouched for another month in a widely expected move, while leaving quantitative easing on hold, but calls for the Bank to take a more pro-active approach to boost growth are getting louder.