article_snippet.sent: Last night, in a boost for George Osborne, the head of the International Monetary Fund picked out the UK recovery as exemplary.
article_snippet.sent: But, in an endorsement of the Government's economic record, Christine Lagarde cited the United States and the United Kingdom as countries where the outlook is positive.
article_snippet.sent: Britain was the best performing major economy in the developed world last year, with growth of 2.8 per cent.
article_snippet.sent: Figures published by the International Monetary Fund also show it has overtaken socialist-run France to become the second most powerful economy in Europe behind Germany.