UK Economics Chart Pack Credit crunch shows its teeth The last month has brought more evidence that the credit crunch is taking its toll on the real economy. Mortgage lenders have begun to raise their rates for existing customers as well as new customers... 2nd April 2008 · 1 min read
UK Economics Chart Pack Consumers hang on to the last (Mar 08) The strength of the official measure of high street spending is hard to square with the weakness of consumer confidence, household income growth and the housing market. It may be that the official... 20th March 2008 · 1 min read
UK Economics Chart Pack Pipeline inflation pressures still building The last month has brought more evidence that pipeline price pressures are strengthening. Producers’ input and output prices rose at record rates in January. (See Chart of the Month.) And the jump in... 3rd March 2008 · 1 min read
UK Economics Chart Pack Retail sales start the year on a strong note (Feb 08) The rebound in retail sales in January underlined last year’s lesson not to underestimate the resilience of UK consumers. However, the more discretionary part of sales – non-food – remains fairly... 21st February 2008 · 1 min read
UK Economics Chart Pack Equities wake up to the deteriorating activity outlook Growing concerns over the outlook for the economy have started to take their toll on equity markets. The 10% fall in the FTSE 100 largely reflects global issues. Nonetheless, it took equity prices... 30th January 2008 · 1 min read
UK Economics Chart Pack Has the spending slowdown arrived? (Jan 08) Even aggressive price discounting is not tempting consumers to part with their cash. Interpreting sales figures at this time of year should be done with caution, due to problems with seasonal... 18th January 2008 · 1 min read
UK Economics Chart Pack Housing market slowdown gathers pace The housing market appears to have taken a turn for the worse over the last month. House prices have now fallen on the Nationwide, Halifax, Hometrack, RICS and Rightmove measures. Indeed, on the... 2nd January 2008 · 1 min read
UK Economics Chart Pack Consumer resilience to disappear come the new year (Dec 07) 21st December 2007 · 1 min read
UK Economics Chart Pack Growth slowing, inflation rising The data released over the last month have provided the MPC with something of a dilemma between slowing activity on the one hand and rising price pressures on the other. The business surveys have... 3rd December 2007 · 1 min read
UK Economics Chart Pack Consumers weather the storm...for now The news on activity has struck a stronger tone over the last month. Annual GDP growth is estimated to have accelerated from 3.1% in Q2 to 3.3% in Q3 – the fastest rate in three years. Meanwhile... 31st October 2007 · 1 min read
UK Economics Chart Pack Activity starts to slow The last month has seen the first tentative signs that economic activity has started to slow. The business surveys appear to have peaked while a further fall in mortgage approvals suggested that... 3rd October 2007 · 1 min read
UK Economics Chart Pack Lower prices continue to stimulate shoppers' interest (Sep 07) 20th September 2007 · 1 min read
UK Economics Chart Pack Market turmoil is unlikely to dent the real economy The financial market turmoil of the last month has demoted the economic news to the backseat. But it now looks like the markets are slowly returning to “normal”. Equity prices have risen from their... 31st August 2007 · 1 min read
