outerwear united kingdom 6 1 general economic situation the growth rates of gross domestic product gdp in uk were higher 90s than rest eu and switzerland great britain can be described as a booming country development is comparable to that us this must also seen against backdrop s painful restructuring process previous decades yielded obviously successful results end since 1995 rate has been at constant prices on average 2 8 2004 it was even 3 more most other european countries total expenditure private hou seholds continuously increased last few years by with 094 billion reason for positive unemployment among population quite low 4 per formance excellent compared double digit except 9 one three largest union but not yet