FTSE 100 Live: UK economy tipped to have shrank as Iran war impacts take hold

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We’re expecting fresh data at 7am this morning that will reveal the UK’s headline growth last month.

A poll of City economists by Bloomberg suggests the economy will have contracted 0.1 per cent in April, which follows on from a 0.3 per cent expansion in https://www.cityam.com/ftse-100-live-uk-economy-tipped-to-have-shrank-as-iran-war-impacts-take-hold/">[...]

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