{"id":72387,"date":"2020-12-15T12:27:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T12:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secondchargemortgageuk.com\/?p=72387"},"modified":"2020-12-15T12:27:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T12:27:33","slug":"uk-economy-posted-largest-annual-slump-of-g20-nations-oecd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondchargemortgageuk.com\/uk-economy-posted-largest-annual-slump-of-g20-nations-oecd\/","title":{"rendered":"UK economy posted largest annual slump of G20 nations \u2013 OECD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Paris-based organisation said the UK economy was 9.6% smaller at the end of the third quarter in 2020 than at the same point last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UK\u2019s economy has shown the largest annual slump of all the G20 nations, despite rebounding to growth in the third quarter, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UK gross domestic product (GDP) jumped by 15.5% in the three months to the end of September, economists confirmed last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It highlighted a rebound as shops and hospitality venues reopened following the first national lockdown, which had driven a 19.8% slump in the second quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the Paris-based OECD said the UK economy was 9.6% smaller at the end of the third quarter in 2020 than at the same point last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The OECD said this represented the \u201clargest fall\u201d over the period among the G20 nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To find out more about how we can assist you with your Second Charge Mortgage please click here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n It said GDP across the G20 area as a whole \u201cremained significantly below the levels of the same quarter a year earlier\u201d, with an average 2% slump across the countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Only Turkey and China saw growth in GDP compared with the same period in 2019 despite the impact of the pandemic, reporting 5.4% and 4.9% growth respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the third quarter, the G20 area reported a total rebound of 8.1% as restrictions were lifted globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Among the 20 countries, India reported the sharpest quarterly rebound, as its economy jumped by 21.9% following a 25.2% fall in the previous quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this month, the OECD forecast that the UK\u2019s economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic will lag behind every other major economy apart from Argentina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: Express & Star<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n