英语文摘：Britain's economy slips further 3.3%

BEIJING, Feb. 8 -- Britain's economy shrank by 1.7 percent in the three months to January, taking the level of economic activity down 3.3 percent from its peak in April 2008, new estimates showed yesterday.

    The National Institute for Economic and Social Research's estimate came after official data showed industrial output in the three months to December fell at its fastest quarterly rate since 1974 - when energy shortages due to a coal miners' strike forced the government to impose a three-day week.

    "The rate of contraction shows, so far, little sign of easing," NIESR said, adding that any early easing in the pace of contraction depended on the success of government measures to get credit flowing again.

    The Bank of England published more details of its 50-billion-pound (US$73 billion) Asset Purchase Facility on Friday, which allows it to help unfreeze credit markets.

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