Consumers give UK 7th straight quarter of growth

London

CONSUMERS drove the UK economy to a seventh straight quarter of growth in the three months to end-September as the eurozone slump held back exports and investment plunged.

Household spending rose 0.9 per cent, the most in more than four years, accounting for almost all of the economy's 0.7 per cent growth in the quarter, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in London on Tuesday. Consumer-spending growth was revised higher from the 0.8 per cent previously published. Gross domestic product matched the prior estimate.