Sterling dips as UK GDP revision misses expectations

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Sterling has pulled back against the dollar after a second estimate of Q1 UK GDP growth failed to produce the upwards revision expected by economists.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS)'s second reading found the UK economy grew by just 0.3% in the first quarter of the year, the slowest growth level since Q4 2012 and in line with its initia...

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