UK economy shrinks by monthly 2.9% in January
FILE PHOTO: Workers clean the pavement in Canary Wharf, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), London, Britain, May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Britain's economy shrank by 2.9% in January from December as the country went back into a coronavirus lockdown, official data showed on Friday.
Economists polled by Reuters had expected a contraction of 4.9%.
