The UK economy contracted marginally for the second straight month in October largely reflecting the fall in industrial production, official data revealed Friday.
Real gross domestic product shrank unexpectedly 0.1 percent in October, the same pace of decline as in September, the Office for National Statistics reported. GDP was forecast to grow 0.1 percent.
Services output showed no growth in October, while industrial production decreased 0.6 percent because of falls in manufacturing and mining and quarrying.
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by Renju Jaya
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