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Britain’s economy shrank for the first time since 2012 in the second quarter, an unexpectedly severe hangover from a pre-Brexit stockpiling boost in early 2019 and boding poorly as the country prepares to leave the European Union on Oct 31. Gross domestic product (GDP) fell at a quarterly rate of 0.2 per cent in the three months to June, below …

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