UK Data Response Nationwide House Prices (Jun.) After outstripping income growth for over a year now, house price gains more or less stalled in June. The impact of the fiscal squeeze on incomes and confidence is likely to drive house prices back... 30th June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Data Response Nationwide House Prices (Jun.) After outstripping income growth for over a year now, house price gains more or less stalled in June. The impact of the fiscal squeeze on incomes and confidence is likely to drive house prices back... 30th June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Data Response Nationwide House Prices (Jun.) House prices rose in July, reversing some of the recent falls. But this does not alter our view that prices are set for a period of considerable weakness in the remainder of this year and into 2011. 30th June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Data Response Mortgage Lending (May.) The latest mortgage lending numbers from the Bank of England were little changed from last month, indicating a lending market that remains very subdued. 29th June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Data Response Mortgage Lending (May.) The latest mortgage lending numbers from the Bank of England were little changed from last month, indicating a lending market that remains very subdued. 29th June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Data Response MPC Minutes (Jun.) The minutes of June’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting showed that a divide is starting to open up about the risks to the inflation outlook. But most members still seem to believe that the... 23rd June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Data Response MPC Minutes (Jun.) The minutes of June’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting showed that a divide is starting to open up about the risks to the inflation outlook. But most members still seem to believe that the... 23rd June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Data Response Public Finances (May) May’s public finance figures continued the recent run of slightly better than expected news on the fiscal position. But the big picture is still that a major fiscal squeeze looms, with tough measures... 18th June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Data Response Public Finances (May) May’s public finance figures continued the recent run of slightly better than expected news on the fiscal position. But the big picture is still that a major fiscal squeeze looms, with tough measures... 18th June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Data Response UK Retail Sales (May) May’s official retail sales figures suggested that high street spending has not weakened as much as the recent retail surveys have suggested. Nonetheless, it is hard to see spending on any measure... 17th June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Data Response UK Retail Sales (May) May’s official retail sales figures suggested that high street spending has not weakened as much as the recent retail surveys have suggested. Nonetheless, it is hard to see spending on any measure... 17th June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Data Response UK Labour Data (Apr./May) The UK labour market is showing tentative signs of improvement, but still looks too fragile to withstand the looming public sector job cuts. 16th June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Data Response UK Labour Data (Apr./May) The UK labour market is showing tentative signs of improvement, but still looks too fragile to withstand the looming public sector job cuts. 16th June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Data Response UK Consumer Prices (May) May’s UK consumer prices figures provided some reassurance that the MPC will be able to avoid the nightmare scenario of having to raise interest rates just as an enormous fiscal squeeze hits the... 15th June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Data Response UK Consumer Prices (May) May’s UK consumer prices figures provided some reassurance that the MPC will be able to avoid the nightmare scenario of having to raise interest rates just as an enormous fiscal squeeze hits the... 15th June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Data Response UK Ind. Prod. (Apr.), Producer Prices & Infl. Exp. (May) Today’s UK data contained mixed news on the inflation outlook, with easing cost pressures contrasting with rising inflation expectations. We still place little weight on inflation expectations as an... 11th June 2010 · 1 min read