Claims extracted
26
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
15%
4 of 26 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans right
of the writing, not the subject · beta estimate
Publisher signals
66/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
19
Economy/Business
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
- Published
The UK economy grew at its fastest rate for more than two years in the three months to September.
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economy → publish → September
"Top gear" and "strikingly strong" were among the descriptions of the 0.7% growth offered by the economists who track every minor murmur of Britain's economy.
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who → offer → economy
It is an upgrade on "solid" and "resilient", and in turn a world away from "hardest hit by the Iran War".
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It → hit → War
Against the backdrop of the world's biggest disruption to energy flows, rising market borrowing costs - and the cruel summers since the pandemic - it is impressive growth.
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it → rise → pandemic
It should reset some of the swirl of self-reinforcing negativity.
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It → reset → negativity
The UK's economic growth has averaged less than 0.1% in the four Q3s [ie July to September] since the pandemic.
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growth → average → pandemic
Even the UK's official forecaster the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) effectively pencilled in 0.3% at the Budget just 3 weeks ago.
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forecaster → pencil → Budget
This figure has not been exceeded outside the pandemic since 2017.
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figure → exceed → 2017
It puts the UK on course to be the second fastest growing economy after the US across the major G7 countries which also includes Canada, Japan, Germany, Italy and France.
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which → put → Canada
It is tempting to think about what the economy would have done if the Iran War hadn't happened.
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War → think → what
If interest rates had been cut instead of their recent rise.
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rates → cut → rise
While the latest figure kills the doom, it is clearly not a boom either.
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it → kill → doom
Spending on AI and tech have driven the surprise upside over the year.
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Spending → drive → year
While the AI data centre boom may at any point turn to bust, these figures suggest that spending across the economy on investing in these technologies is helpingboost growth.
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spending → turn → growth
Consumers have been resilient, at least till the autumn, perhaps helped by better economic vibes.
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Consumers → help → vibes
While there has been an understandable focus on high UK borrowing costs, another measure of the international standing of the UK economy, sterling's value, reached post Brexit referendum highs last week.
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measure → reach → highs
Productivity and investment is also looking stronger, especially after recent revisions.
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Productivity → look → revisions
I spoke to the chancellor at Nexeon in Oxfordshire, which is searching for a UK factory to manufacture its cutting edge electric vehicle battery - and British - technology.
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which → speak → technology
My colleagues visited British watchmakers in Maidenhead carving out a niche to take on the Swiss.
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colleagues → visit → Swiss
However, this may well not last for the final three months of the year.
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this → last → year
Consumer confidence has already fallen as petrol and domestic energy prices start to rise again.
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petrol → fall → ?
Construction and private house building remain depressed.
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Construction → remain → ?
The Iran conflict remains the big unknown and whether post the US midterm elections there could be a durable end to the conflict in the Gulf.
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conflict → remain → Gulf
Some oil and gas production there is starting to normalise.
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production → start → ?
It could bring down petrol prices, energy bills, government borrowing costs, and mortgage costs too.
uncertain
It → bring → prices
Expect to see Downing Street investing heavily in "settlement of the conflict", which the chancellor told me is the "best economic policy".
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chancellor → expect → me
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