More or Less, Mortgages, birth rates and does space contribute 18% to UK GDP?

More or Less

Mortgages, birth rates and does space contribute 18% to UK GDP?


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21 June 2023

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Mortgage rates have risen to 6%. But are things as bad as when rates were much higher in the 1970s and 80s? We look at just how much pain today's rises mean. Also will there be just 6 grandchildren for every 100 South Koreans today? And we look into a claim that the space industry supports 18% of the UK's economy.

Presenter: Tim Harford

Series Producer: Jon Bithrey

Reporters: Beth Ashmead Latham, Nathan Gower, Charlotte McDonald

Sound Engineer: James Beard

Production Co-ordinator: Brenda Brown