October 9, 2020: Britain's economy expanded by 2.1 percent in August but remained far down on pre-pandemic levels, official data showed Friday.

Despite a fourth consecutive monthly increase, gross domestic product remained 9.2 percent below the level in February, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement.

This tallied with Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, who on Thursday said UK economic output in the third quarter was between seven and ten percent below pre-pandemic levels.

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