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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
City Staff

FTSE 100 Live: GDP beats expectations, blue-chip index near record

A surprise rise in GDP for November today boosted hopes that the UK can still avoid a slide into recession.

A World Cup trading boost for pubs and bars helped the economy to edge up by 0.1% in the month, compared with City forecasts for a 0.2% decline.

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