UK economic growth expected to halve in final quarter of 2018
by Angela Monaghan from Economics | The Guardian on (#48V35)
Official figures likely to show Brexit anxieties weighing on consumers and business
UK growth slowed sharply in the final three months of 2018 as Brexit anxiety weighed on consumers and firms, official figures published on Monday are expected to show.
City economists estimate that economic growth halved to just 0.3% in the fourth quarter of last year, compared with 0.6% growth in the third quarter.
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