Learning Media Arabic - Reading Practice - 15
Subject: Economy & Business
Estimated ILR Level: 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arabic/business/...
Rough translation:
British economy grows 0.3 percent influenced by deficit in the trade balance
Official numbers confirmed that the British economy grew 0.3% in the first quarter of the year 2015, under the influence of an increase in imports and a slowdown in the services sector.
This rate formed a sharp slowdown compared the growth rate that the economy recorded in that last three months of the year 2014, which amounted to 0.6%.
The services sector that comprises 75% of total GDP for the U.K. grew 0.4%, which is the weakest rate since 2012.
In addition to that, exports fell by 0.3% in the first quarter of the year while imports increased by 2.3%
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