UK GDP Growth Rate

UK GDP Growth Rate 30 June 2021

UK GDP Growth Rate 30 June 2021: -1.6% for Q1 2021, below the -1.5% forecast and down from 1.3% in Q4 2020. It is the lowest reading since Q2 2020. 2 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Wed 30 Jun 2021 at 06:00 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
-1.6%
Q1 2021
Forecast
-1.5%
The market consensus
Previous
1.3%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A miss or downward revision can weaken sterling if it raises concern about stagnation and makes rate cuts seem more likely.

UK GDP Growth Rate 30 June 2021: -1.6% for Q1 2021 against a -1.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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UK GDP Growth Rate 30 June 2021: -1.6% vs -1.5% forecast (Office for National Statistics). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/uk-gdp/2021-06-30

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
30 Jun 2021Q1-1.6%-1.5%1.3%
31 Mar 2021Q41.3%1%16.9%
22 Dec 2020Q316%15.5%-18.8%
30 Sep 2020Q2-19.8%-20.4%-2.5%
30 Jun 2020Q1-2.2%-2%0.0%
31 Mar 2020Q40.0%0.0%0.5%
20 Dec 2019Q30.4%0.3%-0.2%
30 Sep 2019Q2-0.2%-0.2%0.6%
28 Jun 2019Q10.5%0.5%0.2%
29 Mar 2019Q40.2%0.2%0.7%
21 Dec 2018Q30.6%0.6%0.4%
28 Sep 2018Q20.4%0.4%0.1%