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...There were even larger provisions in the second quarter than in the first three months of the year, as banks tore up forecasts for a V-shaped recovery....
...Bankers’ early optimism that the pandemic would manifest as a sharp economic shock followed by an equally rapid recovery — the ubiquitous “V-shaped” recession — has given way to pessimism....
...Children Compiled by Neville Hawcock The Dunderheads By Paul Fleischman and David Roberts Walker, £11.99 Miss Breakbone is the teacher from hell....
...Still, until his wife Laura gave him The Ultimatum – me or Jim Beam (the bourbon) – W was a feckless failure....
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