英国国家统计局上调了上半年经济数据，其中第二季度GDP环比增速从0.4%修正至0.5%，与美国增速相当1。第一季度GDP增长0.6%1。同期家庭收入人均增长1.1%，储蓄率从8.6%升至8.8%1。此外，商业投资在第二季度环比增长1.8%，同比增长5.2%1。
这组经济数据公布后获得市场积极反应。英镑兑美元上升0.4%至1.3292美元，创一周高位1，兑欧元创自8月中旬以来的最高水平，欧元相应下跌0.3%至85.43便士1。两年期英国债券收益率下降0.05个百分点至4.86%，十年期债券收益率下降4个基点至5.356%1。交易员预期强劲增长可能促使英国央行提高利率1。当前英国通胀率为3.1%，仍高于英国央行2%的目标1。
Britain's Office for National Statistics has raised its economic data for the first half of the year, revising second-quarter gross domestic product growth upward to 0.5% from the previously reported 0.4%, matching the pace of expansion in the United States 1. First-quarter growth stood at 0.6% 1. Household incomes expanded by an average of 1.1% between January and June 1, while the savings rate climbed to 8.8% from 8.6% 1.
Financial markets responded positively to the upgraded figures, interpreting them as a sign of economic resilience. Sterling rose 0.4% against the dollar to reach 1.3292, marking a one-week high 1, and hit its strongest level against the euro since mid-August, with the euro declining 0.3% to 85.43 pence 1. Government bond yields fell, with two-year gilts dropping 0.05 percentage points to 4.86% and ten-year bonds sliding 4 basis points to 5.356% 1. Business investment in the second quarter grew 1.8% on a quarterly basis and 5.2% year-on-year 1. Traders are anticipating that robust economic performance could prompt the Bank of England to increase interest rates 1, though inflation remains elevated at 3.1%, above the central bank's 2% target 1.
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