The UK economy logged weak growth in July as the output remained flat in services, and contracted further in construction on supply shortages, data from the Office for National Statistics showed on Friday.
Gross domestic product expanded 0.1 percent in July from June, when the economy grew 1 percent. This was also slower than the 0.6 percent growth economists had forecast.
Although the economy expanded for the sixth consecutive month, output remained 2.1 percent below its pre-coronavirus pandemic level.
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