at least the next 18 months if not 2 years, and i think it s going to get alot worse before it gets any better.
its a slippery slope and the govenment are trying to inject lots of cash to reduce the speed of the slide. but the banks have stuffed up so much i don't think it will payoff.
uk now heavy in debt and soon to be more.
i can't see an improvement till after a general election, same as last time when the tories took over, they tend to reset the balance,
its a repeating pattern, been this way for a long time,
could almost set your watch by it, every 20 years there tends to be a recession, some are bigger than others.
my guess is 18 months to 2 years before it turns, and probably at least 5 years before things are back to normal.
but it is a guess, and i'm by no means an economic expert, jjust an educated guess/