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Tuesday, 30 September 2014

UK economy grew 0.9% in second quarter, says ONS


UK economic growth has been revised up to 0.9% for the second quarter of the year by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), compared with a previous estimate of 0.8%.
UK GDP was 3.2% higher in the second quarter compared with a year earlier.
Revised ONS figures also show the UK economy surpassed its pre-recession peak in the third quarter of 2013.
Previously, this was thought to have been achieved in the second quarter of 2014.