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UK GDP Growth Boosted by Consumer Spending

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Economic growth in the UK was driven by consumer spending in the third quarter of the year, Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show.

The ONS kept its estimate for economic growth in the quarter at 0.8%, which is the fastest pace for three years.

Consumer spending, which accounts for nearly two-thirds of the UK’s economic activity, also rose by 0.8%, the most since the second quarter of 2010.

Business investment also grew, but exports fell in the quarter.

Following the figures, the pound rose to an 11-month high against the dollar, of $1.6280, on hopes the UK’s economic recovery is strengthening.

via BBC

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