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Podcast: Beyond Currency
Episode: 11th January 2022 - Omicron effect to be milder than feared
Description: "With the Government’s Chief Medical Officer making optimistic noises about the peak of the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus, Boris Johnson’s decision for England to move to plan B looks like it could be vindicated.
The daily number of new cases while high is levelling off and with the vast majority of hospitalizations being those who have not been vaccinated, the country may be on the cusp of seeing the light at the end of a very long tunnel.
Data showing the performance of the economy in December and January is expected to show only a mild hit...