On this week's MACRODOSE, James Meadway unpacks: the Bank of England’s gloomy forecast for the UK economy (1:08), new warnings about just how water-hungry Britain’s data centres will be (6:23), and how the rising price of eggs is the fresh political headache for US president Donald Trump (13:57).

Red Shadow - 'Stagflation'

Jo Michell - 'Rate cuts won’t save us: why Rachel Reeves must do more to fix the economy'

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