Mumbai, Sept. 30 -- The UK economy grew at a slower pace in the second quarter as increases in services and construction were partially offset by the contraction in production, the Office for National Statistics reported Tuesday.
Real gross domestic product expanded by an unrevised 0.3 percent in the second quarter, following a quarterly growth of 0.7 percent in the first quarter.
The dominant service sector grew 0.4 percent and construction output advanced 1.0 percent. Partially offsetting these gains, production fell 0.8 percent.
The expenditure-side of GDP showed that government spending and gross fixed capital formation contributed to the quarterly growth.
Real household spending rose only 0.1 percent from a quarter ago. Government ...