Britain upgrades 2014 economic growth forecast to 2.7%

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, holds up his budget case for the cameras as he stands outside number 11 Downing Street, before delivering his budget to the House of Commons, in central London on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. 
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, holds up his budget case for the cameras as he stands outside number 11 Downing Street, before delivering his budget to the House of Commons, in central London on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Britain hiked its pre-election growth forecast as the economic recovery picks up speed, finance minister George Osborne announced on Wednesday in his annual budget. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Mar 19, 2014, 08:50 PM
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Mar 19, 2014, 08:46 PM

LONDON (AFP) - Britain hiked its pre-election growth forecast as the economic recovery picks up speed, finance minister George Osborne announced on Wednesday in his annual budget.

Gross domestic product was set to grow by 2.7 per cent in 2014, up from the previous forecast for expansion of 2.4 per cent, Osborne said, ahead of the general election due in mid 2015.

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