UK Economics Focus Influx of migrants to widen current account deficit National Statistics’ estimates of the amount of money sent abroad by migrants, or “remittances”, take no account of the large rise in the size of the UK’s migrant population in recent years and are... 6th June 2007 · 1 min read
UK Economics Focus Is the current account about to get a whole lot worse? In recent years the UK’s external position has benefited greatly from a strong net inflow of income on its overseas investments. But changing economic conditions such as a US-led global slowdown could... 20th November 2006 · 1 min read
UK Economic Outlook A growing world economy is not enough for UK plc (Q2 2006) The strength of world demand has finally put the necessary conditions in place for the UK’s external sector to take over from troubled consumers and drive the economy forward. However, the UK is not... 4th April 2006 · 1 min read
UK Economics Focus How much should we worry about US protectionism? The increase in protectionist pressures in the US is likely to come to a head in April, when Chinese President Hu Jintao visits Washington. In a worst case this could result in a trade war with... 21st March 2006 · 1 min read
Europe Economics Focus How much should we worry about US protectionism? The increase in protectionist pressures in the US is likely to come to a head in April, when Chinese President Hu Jintao visits Washington. In a worst case this could result in a trade war with far... 21st March 2006 · 1 min read
UK Economics Focus The three hurdles facing UK exports Over the last decade the weakness of the UK’s external sector has been more than offset by the strength of domestic demand. But now that domestic demand is weakening as the housing market slows, the... 7th February 2005 · 1 min read
