Sunday, April 22, 2007

Britain's Economic Growth May Have Slowed on Three Interest-Rate Increases

(Bloomberg) -- The growth of the U.K. economy, Europe's second-largest, probably slowed in the first quarter after the Bank of England raised interest rates, a survey of economists shows.

Gross domestic product increased 0.6 percent, compared with 0.7 percent in the previous two quarters, according to the median of 40 forecasts in a Bloomberg News survey. The Office for National Statistics will release the report April 25 at 9:30 a.m. in London. The annual growth rate probably fell to 2.8 percent from 3 percent, according to the survey.


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