EU expansion 'boosts economy'
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Immigration from new EU countries has helped put UK economy cope with growing pressures from Asia, peers say.
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European stock markets made gains on Monday, led by advances in the banking sector.
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The pound was boosted against the dollar after the preliminary estimate for the GDP was left unchanged, suggesting that growth in the economy remains robust.
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The UK economy grew at an annual rate of 3% in the first quarter of the year, raising the chances of more rate hikes.
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Nearly 600,000 people have come to the UK since the expansion of the EU in 2004, figures are expected to show.
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The nationâs service economy expanded at a faster-than-expected clip in June, a research group said Thursday.
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More people want to be students in the UK this year - with a 78.8% increase among the new EU states.
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A further interest rate rise could be due after data shows UK GDP grew strongly in the second quarter.
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European stock markets have risen as investors reacted to a series of newspaper reports suggesting possible takeover deals.
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The increase was higher than professional economists had anticipated. Pasi Sorjonen of the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA) characterised the figures as good, but added that the output ...
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The European Union reported lower-than-expected third-quarter growth for the euro zone Monday, but said the economy remained on track to expand by 2 percent over the year.
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Growth in the 25-nation EU was better than the US and Japan in the second quarter of the year, figures show.
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The UK economy grew by 3.1% in 2004  after accelerating in the final three months of last year, according to official figures.
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Consumer confidence in Germany, Europe's largest economy, rose for the first month in three after growth accelerated in the second quarter, a survey this month by the market research company GfK AG shows.
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The European Commission raised its estimate for euro zone growth this year to 2.1 percent from the 1.7 percent forecasts last spring due to surging external demand.
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Exports help raise Q4 GDP to a stronger-than-expected 3.5%
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The economy expanded faster than expected in the last quarter of 2006 and remains strong.