{"id":533866,"date":"2026-04-16T09:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/533866\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:52:10","slug":"uk-economy-grew-faster-than-expected-in-february-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/533866\/","title":{"rendered":"UK economy grew faster than expected in February &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5FM3dkOW15RjVuNHppV0VPaUNLTm01clVyUkpsVzh0UnBiZWFTenppNVFESWhFck55Sk9zdERDMGtfaDRHZXN0Z2FIOXlrWEw3eWJ4bUZiZ3E2dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK economy grew faster than expected in February<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE5JaktBOVlBYzk5bHlwQUdGRUdrV1lINHY0enY1YUFFbHlEeW00OGU1VGNZYlNOMFExcVhPZmxWYzZEOV9idU5FNFlCMFFBWGpwdW16V2UydHg0R1BN?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK economy grew faster than expected ahead of Iran war<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxNZTlJYXdCMlFWRUxGS0VBWUFoUFB0ZU4yNzJOdlFkTVFRTy1oTDA4Zk5IbnFPdFJpS0VicERxQV9NTzBIeFFBNXBtNkNZd0NPN2NsXy11LTVUU2plaGVPX2dMdXhodk82ZnRiYVVsNEFfeXpzQjFYOTEyb0k1WE1RN2dxRmgzdXY0Y2thNGV2SDZQUHQ0MkhUd2s3UkVZdWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GDP grows by surprising amount but it could be last uptick for a while<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMicEFVX3lxTFBGVFNMeHdUWkRMY2lObVRBNXdCSkJIVC1La3B5ZXBDVS1MbTBpSGw0VFdhNG5ZbExjVjI5aGotSFZsczJ5YVF0bGgtSTZpVFRiNHFIaHYyaFZJcmVEdHpqeHNPQkdoX0d2OVZMYmE3TXrSAXZBVV95cUxQcS0tWHNQMGJIcXVuTW1iSjEyTW1ZU2ZpRk9zbnd2V2hSTEdjekRDSWlVZHlKVzhTajlHZnJkeVFUVlIwUWdqX2czbmwxZG1PanR5UkhxR01XS21zMHJIdnFvQk1uU1ZMN2pUeEltckZYVDRLNVNR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK economy grew 0.5% in February, beating economists&#8217; expectations by a long shot<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxOZWFVWFBQOXZISjFwY0JHTG1FMnhWSzBkU2xSMXc0QXViT2E4YjhvLUx4VXZnV1lZYUxJWHJWWjFpRVd5eWtHR0I2TmdxTWYtV0s2WXNUUU9iZ3ZnaUcwMmxXeEVmWjVOc3hfVV84RUpXaHp1M1RLNEdaSHBBdEp1SkZLdzl6cEV0and4S1NxNUc5UUdWbXVNbmx3U0U4ckU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GDP monthly estimate, UK: February 2026<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Office for National Statistics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UK economy grew faster than expected in February&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCUK economy grew faster than expected ahead of Iran war&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCGDP grows&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[84,1294,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-533866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}