Tuesday, June 30, 2009
U.K. First-Quarter GDP Drops 2.4%, Most Since 1958
The U.K. economy shrank more than previously estimated in the first quarter in the biggest contraction since 1958 as the recession choked industries from construction to services.
Gross domestic product fell 2.4 percent from the final three months of 2008, compared with the prior measurement of a 1.9 percent drop, the Office for National Statistics said today in London. The median prediction in a Bloomberg survey of 28 economists was for a 2.1 percent decline. Construction activity plunged almost three times as much as originally estimated.
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said last week that Britain’s recovery from recession may turn out to be “a long, hard slog...”
Bloomberg: U.K. First-Quarter GDP Drops 2.4%, Most Since 1958
Gross domestic product fell 2.4 percent from the final three months of 2008, compared with the prior measurement of a 1.9 percent drop, the Office for National Statistics said today in London. The median prediction in a Bloomberg survey of 28 economists was for a 2.1 percent decline. Construction activity plunged almost three times as much as originally estimated.
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said last week that Britain’s recovery from recession may turn out to be “a long, hard slog...”
Bloomberg: U.K. First-Quarter GDP Drops 2.4%, Most Since 1958
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