Lưu trữ Danh mục: Economic growth (GDP)

Another washout for Rishi Sunak as rain dampens UK growth

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Rishi Sunak must be cursing the British weather. He got soaked to the skin when announcing the general election outside 10 Downing Street last month. Now it appears wet weather has brought a halt to the UK’s economic recovery. Statisticians always caution against reading too much into a single month’s figures and on a quarterly […]

UK economy flatlines in blow to Rishi Sunak’s hopes of recovery

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The UK economy flatlined in April, held back by wet weather, as the signs of a recovery from last year’s recession began to fade. In a blow to Rishi Sunak’s hopes of signalling a strong bounceback before the general election on 4 July, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said monthly growth stalled after a […]