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UK economy shrinks by 0.2% in second quarter

Aug 9, 2019 | 1:40 AM

LONDON — Official figures show that the British economy shrank by a quarterly rate of 0.2% in the second quarter of the year.

The decline reported Friday by the Office for National Statistics was unexpected. Most economists thought that the economy would be flat.

The Associated Press