Falls in UK services and production were offset by growth in construction in February, ONS reports
Newsflash: UK economy growth has flatlined.
UK GDP was unchanged in February, new data from the Office for National Statistics shows, weaker than the forecast for 0.1% growth.
The services sector fell by 0.1% in February 2023, after growing by 0.7% in January 2023, revised up from 0.5% in the previous publication.
The largest contributions to the fall in services output in February 2023 came from education and public administration and defence; compulsory social security, industrial action took place in both of these industries in February 2023.
Output in consumer-facing services grew by 0.4% in February 2023, this follows growth of 0.3% in January 2023 (unrevised from our previous publication); the largest contributor to this growth came from retail trade, except for motor vehicles and motorcycles.
Production output fell by 0.2% in February 2023, following a fall of 0.5% in January 2023, revised from a fall of 0.3% in the previous publication.
The construction sector grew by 2.4% in February 2023, after falling by 1.7% in January 2023 (unrevised from the previous publication).
