Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The current account deficit widened in the third quarter The UK economy grew by 0.6% in the third quarter, according to official figures, faster than previous estimates.
Growth for the July-to-September period had originally been estimated at 0.5%.
New data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggested that the business and financial sector was more active than previously estimated.
The ONS also said that growth in the third quarter of the year was helped by “robust consumer demand”.
However, the ONS trimmed its estimates of growth in the first and second quarter of the year. It now says the economy grew by 0.3% in the first quarter, compared with an earlier figure of 0.4%, and cut its estimate for second-quarter growth to 0.6% from 0.7%.
Ruth Gregory, UK economist at Capital Economics, said the figures suggested that June"s Brexit vote had had little impact on the economy and that growth in the final quarter of the year wou..
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