Can the UK still claim to be the fastest-growing G7 economy?

Half-full or half-empty? These latest UK gross domestic product (GDP) figures bring alive the classic metaphor about what exactly is in the glass.The reality is that growth of 0.3% in the spring quarter between April and June is a slowing from the start of the year's 0.7% expansion.Yet at the same time, the news is positive because the economy had been expected to almost stop growing entirely, based on volatile…