However, fears are mounting that a relatively resilient performance from the economy in the immediate aftermath of the leave vote could be short lived, with 2017 expected to be more challenging.
United still have much room for manoeuvre with the commanding advantage at the top of the Premier League, but this was a composed, resilient performance from City that demonstrated what might have been.
Revenues rose 1% to £9.2bn– hailed as a "resilient performance" by Greene.
"Global markets have put up a resilient performance and U.K. impairment charges are improving".
Credit Suisse's chief executive, Brady W. Dougan, called the group's earnings a "resilient performance during a difficult second quarter for the banking sector".
Liverpool drew first blood in their Capital One Cup semi-final first leg at Stoke where a resilient performance was capped by Jordon Ibe's first-half winner.
Future said that overall its UK operation had a "resilient" performance with a 6% year-on-year fall in revenue on a constant currency basis.
It claimed to have delivered "a resilient performance in difficult markets" and substantially reduced its debt.
Chief Executive Eric Daniels said the bank's core business had "delivered a resilient performance, despite the weak economy".
In front of a crowd of 7,000, GB gained the respect of their hosts with a resilient performance that threatened an upset in the third quarter.
