The U.K. economy grew 0.8% in the third quarter, twice as fast as expected.

The construction sector helped drive the economy in the third quarter, enjoying its second straight quarter of strong growth, Reuters reported.

Economists had forecast that the economy would slow much more sharply following growth of 1.2% in the second quarter.

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