Key Points
Gross domestic product (GDP) edged up 0.1% in the first three months of the year, official data showed on Friday, the same tepid pace as in the final quarter of 2022 and in line with economists' forecast in a Reuters poll...
Output was 0.2% higher than a year earlier, the Office for National Statistics said...
While industrial output and construction grew, the much larger services sector dropped 0.4%, reflecting weak car sales and retail, hurt by unusually rainy weather and high inflation...
Widespread industrial action also weighed on economic activity in the first quarter, the statistics office said.. "With the key services side of the economy continuing to slow in the face of higher borrowing costs and rising prices, it still feels like we're walking through treacle," said Tom Stevenson, personal investing director at fund manager Fidelity International...
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