UK firms cut investment plans as Brexit alarm hits new high: survey

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British companies are more worried about Brexit than at any time since the 2016 ...

LONDON - British companies are more worried about Brexit than at any time since the 2016 referendum decision to leave the European Union and they plan to reduce investment and hiring, a survey of chief financial officers showed on Monday.

Only 4% said it was a good time to take on more balance sheet risk, the lowest percentage since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 which helped trigger the financial crisis. Almost two thirds of the CFOs surveyed by Deloitte expected to cut hiring in the next three years as a result of Brexit and 47% expected to reduce capital spending.

 

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Guess all those Brits on benefits are going to have to find someone else to mooch off of.

Like watching a train crash in sloooow motion.

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