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UK GDP Growth Rate

UK GDP Growth Rate 21 December 2018

UK GDP Growth Rate 21 December 2018: 0.6% for Q3 2018, in line with the forecast and up from 0.4% in Q2 2018. It is the highest reading since Q4 2016. It was released on Fri 21 Dec 2018 at 09:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Office for National Statistics. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
0.6%
Q3 2018
Forecast
0.6%
The market consensus
Previous
0.4%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

In line with the forecast: Sterling usually moves little when the final GDP figure confirms earlier estimates.

UK GDP Growth Rate 21 December 2018: 0.6% for Q3 2018 against a 0.6% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
21 Dec 2018Q30.6%0.6%0.4%
28 Sep 2018Q20.4%0.4%0.1%
29 Jun 2018Q10.2%0.1%0.4%
29 Mar 2018Q40.4%0.4%0.5%
22 Dec 2017Q30.4%0.4%0.3%
29 Sep 2017Q20.3%0.3%0.3%
30 Jun 2017Q10.2%0.2%0.7%
31 Mar 2017Q40.7%0.7%0.5%
23 Dec 2016Q30.6%0.5%0.6%
30 Sep 2016Q20.7%0.6%0.4%
30 Jun 2016Q10.4%0.4%0.7%
31 Mar 2016Q40.6%0.5%0.4%
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