UK economy shrinks by monthly 2.9% in January

Reuters

12 March, 2021, 01:15 pm

Last modified: 12 March, 2021, 01:18 pm

UK economy shrinks by monthly 2.9% in January

Reuters

12 March, 2021, 01:15 pm

Last modified: 12 March, 2021, 01:18 pm

FILE PHOTO: Workers clean the pavement in Canary Wharf, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), London, Britain, May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

FILE PHOTO: Workers clean the pavement in Canary Wharf, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), London, Britain, May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Britain's economy shrank by 2.9% in January from December as the country went back into a coronavirus lockdown, official data showed on Friday.

Economists polled by Reuters had expected a contraction of 4.9%.

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