Brexit

UK economy defies Brexit predictions

Name: UK economy defies Brexit predictions
Uploaded: 2017-01-05T17:31:38.568Z
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: Positive data since the referendum defy economists’ expectations

A series of positive UK economic data has defied economists' predictions of a sharp downturn immediately after the Brexit vote. The FT's Martin Sandbu and Chris Giles unpick why consumer spending has been so strong and discuss the outlook for 2017.

January 5, 2017

Filmed by Nicola Stansfield and Petros Gioumpasis. Produced by Jill Wrenn and Vanessa Kortekaas. Still images by Getty.