UK out of 'short and shallow' recession as GDP grows 0.1% in February

January figures revised up to 0.3%

Cristian Angeloni
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UK out of 'short and shallow' recession as GDP grows 0.1% in February

The UK economy grew by 0.1% in February, with January GDP data revised up from 0.2% to 0.3%, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Despite coming in lower than the previous month, positive GDP growth for the second month in a row signals that the UK is pulling out of the "short and shallow" recession from the second half of 20...

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