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UK GDP beats expectations

by Ben Brettell, Senior Economist, Hargreaves Lansdown The UK economy shook off Brexit-related uncertainty to post 0.5% growth in the third quarter. This is down from 0.7% in Q2, but far better than the 0.3% economists had feared. The…

France cuts deficit target

France cut its budget deficit target for 2015 and announced that this year’s economic growth could beat the government’s 1% forecast, as the country posted a smaller than expected fiscal gap for 2014. Statistics office INSEE announced…