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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) today revealed UK industrial output unexpectedly fell in January – primarily due to the cold weather during the month.
According to the ONS, output fell by 0.4% in January compared with the previous month and represented the largest monthly fall since August.
Analysts had expected a 0.3% rise.
However, on an [...]

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today revealed the UK’s trade gap widened unexpectedly in January to a 17-month high.
The news disappointed markets and sent the already weak pound falling. Sterling fell 0.4% to €1.10 at mid morning and lost 0.75% against the dollar to fall below the $1.50 mark.
Sterling has lost around [...]

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today revealed that the UK economy grew by 0.3% in the October to December period – slightly higher than the 0.1% estimated last month.
The figures will come as a relief to many who had feared the worst with growth being revised downwards.
However, the revised figures still leave an [...]

Last month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed the UK crawled out of recession in the fourth quarter by seeing growth of just 0.1% in the final three months of 2009.
However, the figures were only the first estimate and the second estimate is to be released this morning.
Yesterday, the ONS reported a sharp fall [...]

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today reported a sharp fall in business investment, raising concern over the second estimate of fourth quarter GDP figures, which are due to be published tomorrow.
According to the ONS, business investment fell by 5.8% in the fourth quarter of 2009 to £27.1 billion – the steepest annual fall [...]