UK growth stronger than first thought

Tuesday 30th March 2010, 10:12AM BST.

The UK moved faster out of recession than was first thought in the final three months of 2009, official figures showed today.

The economy grew by 0.4% between October and December – stronger than the 0.3% advance previously estimated by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The ONS said output shrank by 4.9% during 2009 as a whole – less than the 5% slump first feared but still the biggest fall since official records began.

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fred

March 30, 2010 at 10:31 am

jobs for all then hey !!!

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Bob S

March 30, 2010 at 12:42 pm

You would neveer guess that an election is just around the corner !

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Terry

March 30, 2010 at 2:51 pm

Please note the time frame they are using to work out when we exited the recession, it is the timeframe approaching christmas when everyone spends more anyway.

We are not exiting the recession, these figures do not reflect the true picture, in fact, I can only see thin gs getting much worse.

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- stjoe
  
  March 30, 2010 at 3:24 pm
  
  Spot on Terry, whoever allows these articles to be printed without including the small print needs to be fired.
  
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