The Brexit economy: remarkable resilience as spectre of inflation looms

Latest monthly Guardian analysis of data points to post-referendum economy holding up well. But will it last for 2017?

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The chancellor, Philip Hammond, has been given a boost ahead of his maiden autumn statement by a Guardian analysis showing the economy continues to confound gloomy forecasts for a post-referendum slump.

A bumper month for retail sales, a steady housing market, broad-based business growth and a drop in the jobless rate have all boosted hopes for a strong finish to the year for the UK economy.

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