The British economy took a while to get going again after the financial crisis. But it has now grown in every quarter since the start of 2013.
Looking at annual growth rates after the worst of the financial crisis, the early stages of the recovery were sluggish. The only year in which it got above 2% was in 2014, when growth hit 3%.
In 2015 it looks like being about 2.5%, according to projections published in October by the IMF, which also described the recovery as most advanced in the United States and the UK (among the developed economies).
The British economy has just reached another major milestone this year.
In the second quarter, GDP per head was, according to the Office of National Statistics, "broadly equal to the pre-economic downturn peak" in 2008. The new figures show a further increase of 0.4% in that measure. So at long last, we are above the pre-recession level.
GDP per person gives an indication of average living standards. It's far from perfect, but a useful guide nonetheless.