here's our business correspondent, ben bouolos.d this morning is that the uk economy grew by the very thinnest of margins, just 0.1% growth in november, and that is below what had been expected. gdp, gross domestic product, is a measure of how much economic activity is going on and how much we are making, building, buying and selling. and more of thatis buying and selling. and more of that is seen usually as a good thing. it means with growth there tends to be more in the way of hiring by businesses, it is easier to get a pay rise. thatin is easier to get a pay rise. that in turn leads to more people paying more tax, which means more for the government to spend on services. and that's why this figure is being watched so closely. when you look at the detail, different parts of the economy performed to varying degrees. construction, things like house—building, performed most strongly. services, which make up strongly. services, which make up the biggest part of the economy, they grew only very, very slightly. bright spots among the s