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2026.10.1506:00:00UTC+00UK GDP Growth Accelerates to 2.1% in August on Annual Basis

United Kingdom gross domestic product (GDP) growth strengthened in August 2026, with the year-over-year rate rising to 2.1%, up from 1.6% in July 2026. The data, updated on 15 October 2026, indicate a pickup in economic momentum over the summer period.

According to the comparison methodology, the August figure reflects how GDP changed relative to August a year earlier, while the previous 1.6% reading for July represents growth compared with July of the prior year. The improvement suggests that the UK economy expanded more robustly in August than it did in July on an annual basis, highlighting a modest but clear acceleration in underlying activity.

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