UK Annual GDP Growth 2026: how this market works

What you need to know

This market is asking how fast the UK economy will grow across all of 2026, measured as a single annual percentage. GDP, or gross domestic product, is basically the total value of everything the UK produces in a year. A 'Yes' for the 0-1% bracket means the economy grew, but only slowly. The 1-2% bracket means moderate growth. The below-0% bracket means the economy actually shrank. The market currently leans heavily toward slow, positive growth in that 0-1% range. This settles on February 12, 2027, when the UK's Office for National Statistics publishes its first official GDP estimate for the fourth quarter of 2026. The number that matters is the full-year 2026 GDP growth figure from that specific report. Crucially, only the first published number counts, even if the government later revises it. If the number lands exactly on a boundary between two brackets, the rules push it into the higher bracket. If the full-year figure is missing from that report, fallback rules using quarterly data apply. None of the recent headlines provided are directly relevant to UK economic growth in 2026. The news covers US tariffs, India-Romania trade, South African governance, Turkish politics, and an AI partnership. No UK-specific economic data or policy news is included. The kind of developments worth watching for would be UK GDP quarterly releases, Bank of England interest rate decisions, and any major trade or fiscal policy changes affecting Britain. The economy is genuinely hard to forecast a year or more in advance. Global trade tensions, particularly US tariff policy visible in the news, can ripple into UK exports and business confidence in ways that are hard to model. Domestic factors like consumer spending, inflation, and Bank of England rate decisions also shift constantly. The market prices roughly a 61% chance of slow growth and 11% chance of a contraction, reflecting real disagreement. That said, outright recession is the minority view, so the main open question is whether growth stays weak or picks up modestly.

The odds right now

• 0-1%+31.0 pts (1w)61%
• 1-2%+3.0 pts (1w)20%
• <011%
• 2-3%-8.9 pts (1w)7%
• 4-5%-0.4 pts (1w)4%
• 5%+-0.1 pts (1w)1%
• 3-4%-0.1 pts (1w)1%

Price history

How this resolves

Resolves February 12, 2027

This market will resolve according to the estimate of UK real gross domestic product (GDP) across the year of 2026 (% change) in the "GDP First quarterly estimate, UK" release for October-December (Q4) of 2026, scheduled for February 12, 2027. If the reported value falls exactly between two brackets, then this market will resolve to the higher range bracket. Read the full resolution rules on the live market page.

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