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UK economy unexpectedly shrank by 0.1% in January

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The U.K. economy shrank by 0.1% month-on-month in January , official figures show.

The fall was mainly due to a contraction in the production sector.

Economists polled by Reuters had expected the country's GDP to grow by 01% in the fourth quarter , beating expectations.