Comment: A bit like the wolf warning the lambs to remember the price of tooth picks...It's going to be a long satisfying lunch all over again. Those hedge funds in place? Let the show begin...
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It said rising property values could leave households more vulnerable to income and interest rate shocks.
It also called on the Bank of England to enact policy measures "early and gradually" to avoid a housing bubble.
In April, the IMF said the UK economy would grow by 2.9% in 2014.
The Fund's annual health check of the UK economy found it has "rebounded strongly and growth is becoming more balanced" adding economic growth would "remain strong this year."
It is a significant turnaround from last year when the IMF's chief economist Oliver Blanchard appeared to have a public falling out with the chancellor after he criticised the government's austerity policies.
This year IMF managing director Christine Lagarde admitted the Fund "got it wrong" in its assessment adding that while the UK's economic recovery began with consumer spending, it was now rebalancing towards an "investment-led recovery".
The chancellor said the IMF was "right to warn the government that risks still remain" to the UK's economic recovery.
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BBC News
The International
Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the government that accelerating house
prices and low productivity pose the greatest threat to the UK's
economic recovery.
It also called on the Bank of England to enact policy measures "early and gradually" to avoid a housing bubble.
In April, the IMF said the UK economy would grow by 2.9% in 2014.
The Fund's annual health check of the UK economy found it has "rebounded strongly and growth is becoming more balanced" adding economic growth would "remain strong this year."
It is a significant turnaround from last year when the IMF's chief economist Oliver Blanchard appeared to have a public falling out with the chancellor after he criticised the government's austerity policies.
This year IMF managing director Christine Lagarde admitted the Fund "got it wrong" in its assessment adding that while the UK's economic recovery began with consumer spending, it was now rebalancing towards an "investment-led recovery".
The chancellor said the IMF was "right to warn the government that risks still remain" to the UK's economic recovery.
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