UK Economics Focus Are the trade data hiding an improvement? It has been suggested that one reason why the UK’s trade position has failed to improve in response to the global economic recovery is the mismeasurement of trade flows. Indeed, National Statistics... 15th September 2004 · 1 min read
UK Economic Outlook The economic consequences of EU enlargement (Q4 03) In May next year, eight Central and Eastern European Countries together with Cyprus and Malta will join the European Union, increasing membership from 15 to 25 states. How this enlargement works will... 27th September 2003 · 1 min read
UK Economics Focus Why has the current account deficit not taken off? Last year’s performance of the current account was much better than the consensus forecast, despite the fact this forecast was based on what turned out to be a much too optimistic world growth picture... 22nd January 2002 · 1 min read