UK's NIESR sees 15-25% fall in GDP in second quarter due to coronavirus

LONDON (Reuters) - British economic output could shrink by as much as a quarter during the April-June period after a 5% fall in the first three months of the year, forecasters at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research said on Thursday.NIESR, a think tank which produces estimates of gross domestic product growth after the release of official data, said a 5% fall in first-quarter GDP was possible followed by a 15-25% decline in the second quarter if the coronavirus lockdown..