As the other events began to unfold, then we stepped back and said we need to take what we are doing right now and figure out how we do that on an expanded level.

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It has to pointed out that whilst consumer demand expanded by a larger than expected 2.6%, this figure is at odds with monthly data in the period to end-August (1.7%).

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The most recent official figure showed that the UK economy exited recession in the third quarter of 2012, when it expanded by 0.9%.

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