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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Michael Hunter

Back to flat: GDP growth set to hit zero as the economy struggles to expand

The struggle to keep the economy moving will be back into the City spotlight tomorrow, when official UK GDP numbers for April look set to show that it is stuck on the flatline. 

Square Mile experts are predicting that month-on-month growth will be absent, with the size of the UK’s gross domestic product unchanged in April from March. Over the year, it is forecast to have expanded by 0.6%, down from  rate of  0.7% the month before. 

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