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The British economy unexpectedly completed by 0.1 percent in January and, Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave a blow this month before her high status declaration.
The monthly number of GDP on Friday from the National Statistics office was both under the economist surveyed by Reuters and December in December below the growth of 0.1 percent.
The Chancellor is preparing to have feared the public expenditure in her spring declaration of March 26 after the disappointing growth and creditworthiness of the government that she is on the right track to violate her tax rules.
The consequences of the escalating trade war of US President Donald Trump contributed to the headwind before the UK.
The pound weakened slightly after the data publication, which decreased at $ 1.292.
The Bank of England is expected to keep the flicker of the resident inflation at 4.5 percent in its meeting next week. Last month, Boe reduced its economic growth forecast for the first quarter of 2025 to 0.1 percent compared to the 0.4 percent expected in November.
Labor won the parliamentary elections last July with the promise to kick growth, but Reeves criticized her budget in October, which caused companies to have the tax increase of 40 billion GBP.
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