Oliver Mangan: Plenty of speed bumps threatening UK growth

The UK economy grew by 0.6% for a third consecutive quarter in the final three months of 2016, continuing its impressive post-Brexit referendum vote performance. 

It means that the economy grew by 2% last year, only slightly slower than the 2.2% rate recorded in 2015.

Thus, numerous forecasts that the UK economy would slow sharply in the aftermath of the referendum vote to leave the EU have proved to be far wide of the mark.