12-06-2015 13:55 via news.yahoo.com

UK growth set for boost as construction data changes kick in

By William Schomberg and Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's economic growth rate last year and in early 2015 looks to have been stronger than previously estimated after the country's statistics office revised the way it measured the construction sector. The pace of growth in gross domestic product in 2014 could rise to 3.1 percent -- the highest since 2003 -- from a previous reading of 2.8 percent due to the changes in the construction data, the Office for National Statistics sai
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