Many critics maintain that these policies will simply take demand out of the economy and depress growth.

Spooking those investors could hit the pound, drive up inflation, trigger rate rises and depress growth.

Also, several other pigment dilution genes, have been reported to depress growth rate.

Should the cost of servicing the national debt soar, more austerity may be required to hit deficit reduction targets, depressing growth.

A rising dependency ratio leads to higher taxes on the producers to support the unproductive parts of the population, depressing growth further.