2018.04: April Economic Review
In April, we look at the global and UK economy, along with a focus on investment markets. UK Economic Growth Changes to GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is the main indicator of economic growth. In Quarter 4 (October to December) 2017, UK GDP was confirmed to have increased by 0.4, which was slightly lower than estimated […]
2018.02: February Economic Review
In February, we look at the global and UK economy, along with a focus on investment markets. Economic Growth Changes to GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is the main indicator of economic growth. In the UK, GDP is estimated to have increased by 1.8% between 2016 and 2017, slightly below the 1.9% growth seen between 2015 […]
2017.07: July Economic Review
This month we look at the investment markets and the UK and Global economy. June 8th saw a General Election in the UK with the Conservatives failing to gain sufficient seats for the majority required. A deal was done with the DUP to form a working government and this has led to concerns over Brexit […]
2017.03: March Economic Review
The main points for this month’s Economic Review by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) are provided hereunder: Economic commentary Commenting on the latest GDP figures, ONS Head of GDP Darren Morgan said: “The economy grew slightly more in the last three months of 2016 than previously thought, mainly due to a stronger performance from […]
2016.12: December Economic Review
Main Points The main points from the December Economic Review by the Office of National Statistics are provided below: Assessing the post-referendum UK economy Economic data since the EU referendum vote have remained broadly encouraging this month. GDP growth has continued to grow roughly on trend, consumer spending and business investment has been holding up […]
2016.11: November Economic Review
UK Highlights The main points from the November Economic Review by the Office of National Statistics are provided below: The economy as a whole has grown by an estimated 0.5% in Quarter 3 (July to September) 2016. Although this is a slightly slower growth rate than the previous quarter, GDP has continued the trend of […]
2016.10: November Economic Review
UK Highlights The main points from the September Economic Review by the Office of National Statistics are provided below: Post referendum data Our estimates for Retail Sales, Consumer Price Index (CPI), Producer Price Index (PPI), vacancies and experimental claimant count statistics covering data for July generally follow existing trends. For example, while CPI remained little […]
2016.08: August Economic Review
UK Highlights GDP growth 0.60% Quarter on Quarter growth 2016 Q2 CPI inflation has been recorded at 0.50% in June 2016, an increase of 0.30% from May over 12 months RPI All Items has been recorded at 1.60% for June, an increase of 0.20% from May For March to May 2016, 74.4% of people aged […]
2016.07: July Economic Review
2016.06: June Economic Review
2016 June Economic Review UK Highlights • GDP growth 0.40% Quarter on Quarter growth 2016 Q1 • CPI inflation has been recorded at 0.30% in April 2016, a reduction of 0.20% from March • For January 2016 to March 2016, 74.2% of people aged from 16 to 64 were in work, the highest employment rate […]
