Weekly Economic Briefings > Uk Weekly Economic Briefing

In the context of the stand-out domestic event of the last year Junes Brexit vote the performance of the economy in 2016 was reassuringly normal (at least relative to the post-financial crisis period), with GDP growth set to run at just over 2%.This was close to but a bit below what we, and most other forecasters, had expected at the start of the year. Political uncertainty appears to be not quite the activity-sapper that was feared, offering some cause for hope in 2017.