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03 June 2015
UK GDP rose by 0.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2015, compared with the previous quarter, completing nine consecutive periods of positive growth. Underlying momentum remains strong with the UK ec...
03 June 2015
There is no doubt that the UK retail sector has turned a corner over the last two years. The long road to recovery since the global financial crisis is well underway.
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29 May 2015
Retail sales values non-seasonally adjusted rose by 0.8 per cent in April, according to the Office for National Statistics. The timing of Easter, falling in April last year against March this year,...
20 May 2015
The UK finally tipped into deflation in April, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics ONS. The Consumer Price Index fell from zero in March to -0.1 per cent in April,...
07 May 2015
Preliminary estimates for GDP in the first quarter of 2015 slowed to 0.3 per cent compared with the previous quarter, down from 0.5 per cent in the last quarter of 2014. While other surveys had indic...
24 April 2015
Whilst the timing of an earlier Easter this year has made reading of retail sales more difficult this month, the latest set of data still offered encouraging signs that deflation in the high street an...
14 April 2015
UK inflation held at zero in March, matching the record low of the previous month. It could yet fall into deflationary territory but, irrespective of a negative number, we expect inflation to remain...
07 April 2015
Retail sales showed robust growth in February as positive economic fundamentals continue to underpin consumer spending and confidence. According to the ONS, retail sales were up by 5.1% (volume, exc....
25 March 2015
The UK is on the verge of deflation with the latest data reporting the Consumer Price Index (CPI) falling to zero in February. As we have indicated in previous reports we believe a brief period of def...
05 March 2015
Consumer spending continued to support overall growth in the economy in the last quarter of 2014. The second estimate of GDP remained unchanged suggesting the economy grew by 0.5% with household sp...
04 March 2015
The second estimate of GDP remained unchanged suggesting the economy grew by 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared with the previous quarter. Consequently annual growth for the UK remained at...
22 February 2015
Retail sales growth maintained strong underlying momentum in January with sales up by 2.6% on the previous year (values, non-seasonally adjusted). The underlying pattern in the rolling three-month on...
18 February 2015
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) reached a record low of 0.3% in January, edging down from 0.5% reported in the previous month. We expect inflation to continue to fall through the first half of 2015 as...
02 February 2015
The UK economy continues to tread a path of sustainable growth with preliminary estimates suggesting output was up 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared with the previous quarter. This rounds o...
27 January 2015
UK Economic OverviewPreliminary estimates suggest that the economy grew by 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared with the previous quarter. This rounds off an impressive year with o...