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New figures released in Britain confirm that the economy has weakened sharply. Gross domestic product, or GDP, fell by nought point five per cent in the third quarter of the year. Here’s our Economics Correspondent Andrew Walker:
Recessions in developed economies are often defined as two consecutive quarters of declining GDP, and this was the first. Most economists do however think there will be further falls in output.
This was the first contraction in the British economy for sixteen years.
Andrew Walker, BBC News, London
is facing a recession
will probably enter a period when the economy is not doing well and conditions for business are bad
be revised
looked at again and, possibly, change
are consistent with
do not contradict, are logically linked to
assessment
conclusion, finding
defined
identified, classed, categorised
two consecutive quarters
two periods of three months that come one after the other
declining
falling, decreasing, diminishing, becoming smaller
GDP
short for gross domestic product, i.e. the total production of goods and services in a country
there will be further falls in output
the production of goods and services will continue to decline
contraction
when something (here, the economy) becomes smaller
