Image source, Getty Images- Published12 November 2026, 13:26 GMT
The UK economy grew at its fastest rate for more than two years in the three months to September.
"Top gear" and "strikingly strong" were among the descriptions of the 0.7% growth offered by the economists who track every minor murmur of Britain's economy.
It is an upgrade on "solid" and "resilient", and in turn a world away from "hardest hit by the Iran War".
Against the backdrop of the world's biggest disruption to energy flows, rising market borrowing costs - and the cruel summers since the pandemic - it is impressive growth.
