Despite the ongoing impasse in Westminster on Brexit, weak GDP growth of 0.2% q/q at the end of last year probably marks a trough. The robust monthly increase in GDP in January and indications that consumer spending growth has picked up since suggest that GDP growth ticked up to 0.3% q/q in Q1.
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