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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Graeme Wearden

UK may avoid 2022 recession after growing 0.1% in November – as it happened

ING Recession United Kingdom JP Morgan Apple Tim Cook Economy World Cup James Smith Jamie Dimon
Buildings in the financial district of The City of London.
Buildings in the financial district of The City of London. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA

Closing post

Time to wrap up, after a busy day in which the UK economy showed a little more strength than expected. A shame we can’t have the World Cup every month.

Here are today’s stories, first on the November GDP report:

Goodnight, and have a lovely weekend. Back next week, when it’s the World Economic Forum in Davos… GW

It’s been a busy week for retail news, with a flurry of updates from major shopping chains and supermarket giants.

Several did better than expected, despite the squeeze on incomes, while online specialists suffered from postal strikes and shortages of van drivers

My colleague Sarah Butler has looked at the things we’ve learned, here.

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