LONDON: Britain’s economy shrank by almost a fifth in the second quarter, entering recession because of the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, revised official data showed on Wednesday.
Gross domestic product contracted by a record 19.8 percent in the April-June period, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement that revised its initial figure of a 20.4-percent slump.
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