The UK economy will grow by 1.4% this year, thinktank the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has forecast.
The UK will be the fastest-growing Western economy next year, according to a survey by accountancy firm Grant Thornton.
The US Federal Reserve hat yet again kept its bond buying programme unchanged, in a move that signals a less optimistic outlook for US economic growth.
UK GDP growth was 0.8% in the third quarter of the year, according to the first estimate from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has promised to keep interest rates lower for longer, ahead of the release of UK GDP growth data for the third quarter.