What’s the silver lining? A higher chance of interest rate cutspublished at 08:27 GMT
08:27 GMT
Faisal Islam
Economics editor
The growth of the UK economy has slowed more than expected in the third quarter between July and September.
In the month of September the economy actually shrank a little, by 0.1%, with the ONS pointing to the impact of the 28% fall in the manufacturing of cars, following the cyber incident that paused production at Jaguar Land Rover.
But there are also underlying signs of a weakening economy, no longer outperforming the rest of the G7.
The monthly figure for August was also downgraded to zero growth.
The service sector did continue to grow, albeit mainly in business-facing services.
The feel-good factor is proving elusive, even ahead of what will be a tough Budget.
The silver lining on these cloudy figures is that they increase the likelihood of further, faster interest rate cuts from the Bank of England, as soon as next month.