The sharp decline in GDP in December is partly due to some activity being brought forward before the 31st October Brexit deadline. Nonetheless it leaves the economy on course to stagnate or contract by 0.1% q/q in Q4 as a whole. At the margin, that makes an interest rate cut a bit more likely.
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