Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
24%
4 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
94/100
City AM's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
6
Economy/Business
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
The UK economy grew by 0.7 per cent between July and September, official data has shown, as spending held up in the face of a spike in energy prices caused by the Iran war.
asserted
spending → grow → war
The Office for National Statistics said GDP expanded far above previous expectations in the third quarter of 2026, with economists revising up forecasts in recent weeks.
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economists → say → weeks
Over the month of September, the UK economy grew 0.2 per cent, compared to projections of zero growth.
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economy → grow → growth
New figures showed that the services sector grew 0.9 per cent over a three-month period, while production expanded by 0.1 per cent and construction fell 0.7 per cent.
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construction → show → cent
“The economy grew robustly in the third quarter almost entirely due to strong and widespread growth in the services sector,” said Grant Fitzner, chief economist at the ONS.
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Fitzner → grow → ONS
“Within services, computer programming again increased strongly, as it has all year, registering its fastest growth in the last three years.
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it → increase → years
We continue to see evidence that AI-linked businesses helped to boost this sector.”
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businesses → continue → sector
UK economy benefits from AI investment
The latest set of data reflects relative strength in the UK economy this year despite a series of warnings that higher international oil and gas prices would dampen activity.
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prices → benefit → activity
The Bank of England indicated last week that about a fifth of growth was driven by AI-related investment.
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fifth → indicate → investment
Independent figures by Bloomberg Economics suggested about a fifth of the expansion in GDP was due to AI.
uncertain
fifth → suggest → AI
However, data has shown that growth is gradually slowing over the calendar year.
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growth → show → year
In the first three months of the year, growth came in at 0.6 per cent, followed by 0.5 per cent in the second quarter.
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growth → come → quarter
The data suggests that growth this year is expected to far outpace expectations set by economists last year, who had predicted an improvement in GDP of as low as below one per cent.
uncertain
who → suggest → cent
Lord Jim O’Neill, the former Goldman Sachs executive and close ally to Andy Burnham, recently said annualised growth was closer to two per cent and suggested markets could be off the mark in assumptions about the UK economy.
uncertain
markets → say → economy
Forecasters looking ahead to next year have pencilled in dramatically different figures for growth in 2027.
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Forecasters → look → 2027
The Office for Budget Responsibility suggested that the effects of the energy price spike from conflicts in the Middle East would kick in next year, dragging growth down to one per cent.
uncertain
effects → suggest → cent
On Wednesday, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research said growth next year would edge up by 1.1 per cent.
asserted
growth → say → cent
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