Provisional GDP (Q2 12)

The UK fell deeper into recession in the second quarter. Although some temporary factors pulled down output, it looks like there was some underlying contraction too. Even allowing for a decent bounce-back in Q3, our forecast for a 0.5% fall in GDP in 2012 as a whole looks on track.

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