Has Cameron let the cat out of the bag on GDP?

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Prime Minister David Cameron has been accused of revealing that tomorrow's GDP figure will meet positive expectations, in an apparent slip-up that could have breached the embargo on the official data.

The PM told the House of Commons today that "more good news" on the economy is imminent, raising expectations tomorrow's Q3 GDP estimate - the first reading for the quarter - will show the UK is out of recession. "The good news will keep coming," he reportedly said. "It is the Conservatives getting behind growth and jobs." Labour said the Prime Minister was clearly hinting at the Thursday GDP data, with one aide telling the FT his comments were "not only shambolic but wrong". However, a spokesperson for the Prime Minister said it was not clear whether Cameron had seen the GDP figur...

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