How long does raw ground beef last after being frozen and thawed? Ground beef that has been defrosted in the fridge can be kept for an additional 1 to 2 days in the refrigerator before cooking; ground beef that was thawed in the microwave or in cold water should be cooked immediately.
(The notable exception is Switzerland where, as I know to my cost, a visit to a restaurant should be preceded by a call to your bank manager). But there is much more to this than the cost of holidays. For the UK, the exchange rate is the most important price in the economy. If it goes seriously wrong, then the economy will suffer. It has been going seriously wrong. When the pound is moving in opposite directions against different currencies, it can be difficult to be sure what is going on.
The data-point at issue in both cases is gross domestic product, or GDP, the total value of all goods and services produced within an economy each year. GDP is of critical economic importance; thousands of economists use estimates of the total amount spent or (equivalently) earned each year in their research. Governments also rely heavily on the figure, to shape policy or determine how much public spending is affordable. Yet GDP seems an impossibly complex thing to measure in a modern economy.