www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

WORLD> Europe
British economy shrinks 0.6 pct in 3rd quarter
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-12-23 20:15

LONDON -- The British economy contracted by more than previously thought during the third quarter of 2008, revised official figures showed Tuesday, stoking market expectations that the Bank of England may cut interest rates to near zero percent in the new year.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown closes his eyes while attending the 'London Energy Meeting' in London, Friday Dec. 19, 2008. The British economy contracted by more than previously thought during the third quarter of 2008, revised official figures showed Tuesday. [Agencies] 

The Office for National Statistics revealed that British gross domestic product during the July-September quarter fell by 0.6 percent from the previous three-month period, faster than the previous estimate for a 0.5 percent contraction.

The downgrade was due to a bigger than anticipated fall in manufacturing output, which accounts for around 15 percent of the British economy, and weaker services output, which makes up around two-thirds of GDP.

Britain is not yet in an economic recession, unlike several other major economies around the world, because the previous quarter's GDP growth was left unrevised at zero. The technical definition of recession is two consecutive quarters of negative growth.

But it's only a matter of time before Britain is confirmed to be in recession, with the government, the Bank of England and independent economists all predicting that the fourth quarter will contract.

The statistics office publishes its first estimate of the October-December quarter at the end of January.

"With GDP shaping up to fall by as much as 1 percent or more in the fourth quarter, providing a very weak platform for next year, we now expect the economy to contract by around 2.5 percent in 2009," said Jonathan Loynes, chief European economist at Capital Economics.

Analysts said the data gives the Bank of England further impetus to cut interest rates further in the new year, possibly down to zero percent. The bank has been aggressively cutting its benchmark rate to 2 percent in the last few months in an attempt to stem the recessionary tide amid easing inflationary pressures.

Separately, the statistics office said Britain's current account deficit swelled to 7.7 billion pounds ($11.4 billion) in the third quarter from 6.4 billion pounds in the previous quarter.

主站蜘蛛池模板: 欧美一级毛片一级 | 精品中文字幕在线观看 | 美女操穴视频 | 一区高清 | 鲁老汉精品视频在线观看 | 看成年女人免费午夜视频 | 久久久久久久久网站 | 亚洲一区二区三区香蕉 | 日本免费毛片在线高清看 | 成人自拍网 | 亚洲 中文 欧美 日韩 在线人 | 波多野结衣在线中文 | 96精品视频在线播放免费观看 | 国产91香蕉在线精品 | 欧美日韩a∨毛片一区 | 最新69成人精品毛片 | 欧美成人久久一级c片免费 欧美成人看片黄a免费 | 国产精品成人观看视频国产 | 免费一级真人毛片 | 久久99热精品免费观看欧美 | 欧美日韩在线看 | 一级在线 | 欧洲 | 欧美一区二区三区不卡 | 女人张腿让男桶免费视频网站 | 免费观看成人久久网免费观看 | 亚洲国产日韩a在线亚洲 | 在线观看中文字幕国产 | 欧美特黄一级aa毛片 | 欧美日本一区二区三区 | 大陆60老妇xxxxhd | vvvv99日韩精品亚洲 | 99久久综合国产精品免费 | 日本经典在线三级视频 | 孕妇孕交视频 | 成人国产精品免费软件 | 香港经典a毛片免费观看看 香港经典a毛片免费观看爽爽影院 | www.日本在线视频 | 国产精品久久久久国产精品三级 | 国产精品久久久久毛片 | 久久黄色一级视频 | 成年人免费黄色片 |