UK economy growth figures revised up

Updated: 21:09, Friday, 26 February 2010

The UK made a faster than expected climb out of recession in the final three months of 2009 with growth of 0.3%.

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UK - New figures

The UK made a faster than expected climb out of recession in the final three months of 2009 with growth of 0.3%, official figures showed today.

The figure is an improvement on the meagre 0.1% advance shown by the Official for National Statistics' first estimate a month ago and ahead of the 0.2% expected by markets.

The good news came after output from the UK's services and manufacturing sectors was revised upwards.

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