Economics: UK's growth rates still ahead of Eurozone

The UK economy's continuing high growth rates will continue to leave those in the eurozone trailing b...

The UK economy’s continuing high growth rates will continue to leave those in the eurozone trailing behind, some investors believe. The UK has been growing much faster than countries on the Continent for at least the past five years. This is due to several advantages such as structural economic reform, rises in Government spending and the Bank of England successfully keeping growth high and inflation low. Significant factors affecting core EU countries like Germany, Italy and France have been the introduction of the euro and the European Central Bank (ECB) raising interest rates. Both thes...