FEARS of a triple-dip recession could mount this week with the release of official figures expected to show the UK economy slumped into the red at the end of last year.
Economic experts are forecasting that Gross Domestic Product will have edged 0.1% lower in the final quarter of 2012, and there are concerns a snow-hit start to 2013 will see the UK head back into recession.
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