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MNI BRIEF: UK GDP Shrinks 9.9% in 2020, Over Double GFC Rate

LONDON (MNI)

UK growth declined by 9.9% in 2020, the largest annual fall on record, the Office for National Statistics said Friday, more than twice the 4.1% decline seen in 2009 at the height of the Global Financial Crisis.

Services performed significantly worse than in 2009, falling by 8.9% compared with a 2.5% decrease. Only the public administration sector experienced growth in 2020 compared with 5 of the 14 sectors increasing in 2009. Accommodation and food services performed worst, when comparing the growth rates between 2009 and2020, declining by 5.7% and 44.0% respectively.

Source: ONS GDP Report

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