UK Economic Growth Slows to Just 0.1 Percent in February, Missing Expectations

Members of the public walk along Oxford Street in London on April 1, 2022. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

The UK’s economic growth slowed sharply in February, even before the war in Ukraine piled further strains on the global economy, the latest figures show.

The UK’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew just by 0.1 percent in February, compared with 0.8 percent in January, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on April 11.