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BCC publishes its Economic Forecast, which has upgraded UK GDP growth from 1.1% to 1.4% in 2017
Category: Business
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Publish Date: 2017-03-14 04:03:17
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The UK economy's expected to grow more than initially thought this year, partly because of the strength of household spending.

The British Chambers of Commerce has upgraded its outlook from 1-point-1 to 1-point-4 percent.

But its growth forecast for 2018 has downgraded slightly, because of inflation.

However, it has downgraded its expectations slightly for 2018.

So what factors are contributing to this upgrade? And what can we expect in the following years?

Nigel Cassidy spoke to Suren Thiru, Head of Economics at the BCC and started by asking about the figures...
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