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Retail sales signal a tough year ahead, BRC says

Tuesday 07 Feb 2012

In value terms UK retail sales in January were down 0.3% on a like-for-like basis from the same month of 2011, when sales rose 2.3%, picking up after December 2010's snow disruption, according to the ... Read More
UK house prices rose 0.6% in January, Halifax says

Monday 06 Feb 2012

-Prospects for house prices will depend on events in the Eurozone. Read More
UK service sector grew far more than expected in January, PMI shows -UPDATE

Friday 03 Feb 2012

The Markit/CIPS purchasing managers’ index for the month of January has come in at 56 points, versus a reading of 54 for the month before. Read More
UK service sector grew far more than expected in January, PMI shows

Friday 03 Feb 2012

The Markit/CIPS purchasing managers’ index for the month of January has come in at 56 points, versus a reading of 54 for the month before. Read More
NIESR calls on UK government to deliver fiscal boost

Friday 03 Feb 2012

-UK GDP to contract 0.1% this year, bounce back by 2.3% in 2013 Read More
BoE's Posen says he is slightly more optimistic now

Thursday 02 Feb 2012

In an interview with Bloomberg TV Bank of England policy-maker Adam Posen has stated that, “I’m certainly leaning toward -- but who knows -- doing more QE if we don’t change the forecast,” although he... Read More
UK construction sector remains undaunted, with confidence high -UPDATE

Thursday 02 Feb 2012

-Weaker activity led by a slowdown in new order growth. Read More
Bank's Posen tells BBC inflation is going to keep falling

Thursday 02 Feb 2012

In a radio interview yesterday afternoon on BBC Radio 5 Bank of England (BoE) policy-maker Adam Posen indicated that he believes that inflation “is going to keep falling all year, just as we forecast.... Read More
UK construction sector remains undaunted, with confidence high

Thursday 02 Feb 2012

-Weaker activity led by a slowdown in new order growth. Read More
UK manufacturing PMI ahead of forecasts in January, but ... -UPDATE

Wednesday 01 Feb 2012

-Foreign demand rose for a second month, but in a less marked fashion. Read More
UK January manufacturing PMI ahead of forecasts

Wednesday 01 Feb 2012

-Foreign demand rose for a second month, but in a less marked fashion. Read More
UK house prices expected to move sideways or fall modestly

Wednesday 01 Feb 2012

House prices fell by 0.2% on the month in January according to the latest data just published by Nationwide Building Society, to £162,228. Read More
New jobs ahead of last year’s levels in the UK

Wednesday 01 Feb 2012

UK job openings and salaries were higher in January than in the same month of last year, according to the monthly survey carried out by recruitment internet site Reed. Read More
UK mortgage lending at 2 year high, but below historical average -UPDATE

Tuesday 31 Jan 2012

Mortgage approvals rose to a 24-month high in December, according to the Bank of England, but experts were quick to point out lending remains historically low. Read More
UK mortgage lending at 2 year high, but below historical average

Tuesday 31 Jan 2012

Mortgage approvals rose to a 24-month high in December, according to the Bank of England, but experts were quick to point out lending remains historically low. Read More
Improvement in UK consumer confidence may prove fleeting

Tuesday 31 Jan 2012

Consultancy GFK’s index of consumer confidence in the United Kingdom improved during the month of January to -29 points, versus -33 in December and -29 one year ago. Read More
UK house prices were flat in January but downward pressure seen

Monday 30 Jan 2012

The price of homes in the United Kingdom stayed flat during the month of January, according to Hometrack, reflecting a slow start to the year, with an extension of the seasonal slowdown and weak consu... Read More
CBI distributive trades survey plummets in January

Thursday 26 Jan 2012

The Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) distributive trades survey's balance for retailers’ reported sales volumes plunged to -22 in January from +9 the month before, reaching their lowest level... Read More
Analysts' reactions to GDP data

Wednesday 25 Jan 2012

Howard Archer (Chief UK + European Economist at HIS Global Insight) Read More
UK GDP surprises on the downside for quarter four - UPDATE

Wednesday 25 Jan 2012

Gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the United Kingdom contracted at an 0.2% quarterly rate in the fourth quarter, according to the latest data out this morning from the Office for National Statist... Read More