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UK economy up 7.5% in 2021, fastest since the Second World War

2022-02-12 10:15:32       source:CGTN

February 11, 2022


The UK economy grew by 7.5 percent in 2021, rebounding from its 9.4 percent fall in 2020, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Friday.


The figure is the strongest since the ONS began its records in 1948 and the fastest since 1941, during World War II, using data collected by the Bank of England (BOE).


Gross domestic product (GDP) in December fell by 0.2 percent from November and was 6.0 percent higher than a year earlier, the ONS said.


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