{"id":587998,"date":"2026-04-16T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/587998\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T16:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:00:18","slug":"uk-economy-grew-faster-than-expected-in-february-ahead-of-iran-war-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/587998\/","title":{"rendered":"UK economy grew faster than expected in February ahead of Iran war &#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 ahead of Iran war<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<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\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxQOGtVaGNaeHF0bGEyUEY5VnhMY1JFUGxkRVhtblNsdzZZSl8wNVhxWE9EVm11WU9XNlNEbnVNRFFmbjBFN09nT2pfMG9RcUJkbmkwN01JWVVlUDRxemlfb3pDSnNoVURJNVhWVGdxZ19kOUxMRDVRN0xteVdfMl9FQnBxMjZmNVlVX2lUSHFCSmctUS1vZGZFRHV2S3EycTJKczE4MlAyb1JTSG9tQ0N6Y2dHeURLTHFT?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.K. Economy Posted Faster-Than-Expected Growth Ahead of Energy-Price Shock<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WSJ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxPTzcxX2xKamthazNZX0RZdTRndlhlYkhKNzVDU0hZZXVsOWpVVFFiS24zOWJiYTBtbVZxcGVGeVQ0cE5qMkFGb3Vtazd3MDZfN3JmOGl1QzBVajdoOVZRZVVZOGZZVzh0QlNjRkNPVXp4V3hYR1ZPQ0NlMnVRLTNCOUFMZWRMT3o5Y0FpV0pBWUg4YUtkS0ZZemZWVkttMHVtUk9nMDV5SURoVENLSWVQUndPVHk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK economy surged ahead of Iran war, but energy shock to test resilience<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxQX0FXQ1FaZ3ZOazVCN2U5Q0NPWVI1UFNicnRXOWRZaDB1Sy11dFlrdE1kUVVYZ2YxZTNfVFZZWXFYTlRxXzZNTDZEZ1NxOGxqUl9FM3VvYTRNdU80VC1ZTjNGNXlpMFlFSFV3dlU4V1dwcUd2N05yY3dDTHd2aFlic2ZVSW5TbEczZjFETS1leXNjX3B5QkFKUF9uWExVS0JaeVROdA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK economy showed surprise 0.5% growth before Iran war<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UK economy grew faster than expected in February ahead of Iran war&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCUK economy grew 0.5% in February, beating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,101],"class_list":["post-587998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}