Watch Business Live with Ian King: UK economy at risk of recession, official figures reveal
Join Ian King and guests as the UK economy has performed worse than previously thought and below the expectations of economists, new official figures show, meaning the country has taken the first step towards recession. There's been a downward revision to GDP, a key measure of economic growth, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Friday morning. Rather than remaining stagnant, as first thought, the economy contracted 0.1% in the three months from July to September. Economists had been expecting growth of 0.2%. A country is technically in recession after two three-month periods of a shrinking economy Latest business news ???? https://trib.al/unXvp4J #Business #BusinessLive #Economy #Inflation #InterestRates #Debt #PrimeMinister #RishiSunak #ONS #SkyNews #Finance SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales