Brexit at 10 leaves UK economy smaller (opens in new tab)

Ten years after UK voters backed leaving the European Union by 52%-48% in the June 23, 2016, referendum, economists cited in anniversary coverage said Brexit has reduced Britain’s economic output compared with the path it likely would have followed inside the bloc. Analysts cited by The New York Times and Asiae said the economy is broadly estimated to be 4%-6% smaller than an EU-membership counterfactual, while research led by Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom estimated a loss of up to 8%. Ec...