코로나 대혼란 영국, 300년 만 최악의 경기 침체 VIDEO: GDP plummeted by 20.4 PER CENT in April the biggest fall EVER as coronavirus
GDP plummeted by 20.4 PER CENT in April the biggest fall EVER as coronavirus wreaked havoc on the UK economy – with warnings the recovery might take years
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By JAMES TAPSFIELD, POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 07:18 BST, 12 June 2020 | UPDATED: 07:24 BST, 12 June 2020
The UK economy shrank by an astonishing 20.4 per cent in April - the biggest fall ever - as coronavirus wreaked havoc.
GDP plummeted by more than a fifth in the first month of lockdown, and has now contracted by 25 per cent since February. In this chart, 100 represents the size of the economy in April 2016
코로나 대혼란 영국, 300년 만 최악의 경기 침체 4월 경제 규모 20.4% 역대 최대 감소폭 GDP는 3월에 5.8%의 부진에 이어, 코로나 봉쇄 첫 달에 20% 이상 급감했다. 300년 만에 최악의 경기 침체에 직면한 가운데, 2월 이후 현재 25%의 감소세를 보이고 있다. 이는 코로나로 영국에 가해진 황폐화의 규모를 보여준다. 조나단 애토우 ONS 대변인은 이번 하락이 최악의 영향을 미칠 가능성이 있지만, 많은 일자리가 빨리 돌아오지 않을 것이며 경제가 회복되려면 몇 년이 걸릴 수 있다는 경고가 있다고 말했다. '4월의 GDP 하락폭은 영국이 지금까지 중 가장 큰 것으로 지난달보다 3배 이상 늘고 코로나 이전보다 거의 10배 이상 증가한 것이다. 4월에 경제는 2월보다 약 25퍼센트 감소했다'고 말했다. '사실상 경제의 모든 분야가 타격을 입었다. 대중, 교육, 건강, 자동차 판매 모두 강타를 당했다.고 언급했다. 황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터 큐레이터 Ki Chul Hwang, conpaper editor, curator |
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GDP plummeted by more than a fifth in the first month of lockdown, following a 5.8 per cent slump in March.
It has now contracted by 25 per cent since February - with the country facing the worst recession in 300 years, when the Great Frost laid waste to Europe.
The eye-watering reduction shows the scale of the devastation being inflicted on UK plc by lockdown.
The news will heap pressure on Boris Johnson to find a way to ease the draconian curbs.
Construction has been the worst hit sector of the economy, according to the ONS figures
Measured quarter on quarter, growth between February and April was down 10.4 per cent. During the Credit Crunch the maximum single-quarter fall was 2.1 per cent
GDP plummeted by more than a fifth in the first month of lockdown, and has now contracted by 25 per cent since February
ONS spokesman Jonathan Athow said the drop was likely to represent the worst of the impact, but there are warnings that many jobs will not come back quickly and the economy could take years to recover.
'April's fall in GDP is the biggest the UK has ever seen, more than three times larger than last month and almost ten times larger than the steepest pre-covid-19 fall. In April the economy was around 25 per cent smaller than in February,' Mr Athow said.
'Virtually all areas of the economy were hit, with pubs, education, health and car sales all giving the biggest contributions to this historic fall.
'Manufacturing and construction also saw significant falls, with manufacture of cars and housebuilding particularly badly affected.
'The UK's trade with the rest of the world was also badly affected by the pandemic, with large falls in both the import and export of cars, fuels, works of art and clothing.'
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