UK GDP shrank by 2% in the first quarter of 2020, the largest quarterly contraction since 2008

1.5% quarter-on-quarter

1

0.5

0

-0.5

-1

-1.5

-2

-2.5

2008

10

12

4

16

18

20

1.5% quarter-on-quarter

1

0.5

0

-0.5

-1

-1.5

-2

-2.5

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019