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13 August 2019
The latest labour market data from the ONS shows the number of people in work continued to increase in the three months to June, while the number of people aged from 16 to 64 years old that are eit...
09 August 2019
GDP contracted by 0.2% in Q2 2019 compared to the previous quarter – the first decline in six and a half years – as the economy came under pressure from Brexit uncertainty, car plant sh...
08 August 2019
The latest RICS Residential Survey shows that the housing market broadly flatlined in July, as pre-Brexit caution continues to hold back sales.
Prospective buyers are dipping their toes i...
31 July 2019
GfK’s Consumer Confidence measure edged up two points in the month to -11 in July, which is one point lower than a year ago. Four out of five components in the measure improved in the month,...
29 July 2019
Activity in mortgage markets picked up slightly in June according to the latest Bank of England figures, with the monthly change in the additional amount households borrowed rising to £3.7bn...
21 July 2019
New buyer enquiries improved somewhat in June following disappointing results for almost a year, according to the latest RICS Residential Market Survey. Interestingly, whilst a number of their meas...
18 July 2019
Key data for June 2019:
Visa's UK Consumer Spending Index recorded the weakest first half since 2012, with expenditure down by 1.1% in H1 compared to last year....
18 July 2019
Retail sales (value, non-seasonally adjusted, excluding fuel) rose by 4.0% year-on-year in June 2019, according to the latest figures from the ONS. This is up on the 1.9% rise in the previous month...
17 July 2019
The headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.0% in June, year-on-year, unchanged from the previous month and in line with expectations.
The Consumer Prices Index including owner occupie...
16 July 2019
The latest labour market data from the ONS showed the number of people in work continued to increase in the three months to May, while the number of unemployed people and the number of people aged...
10 July 2019
UK gross domestic product (GDP) returned to growth in May, up by 0.3% month-on-month, as production picked up again. The bounce back followed the temporary shutdown of car factories ahead of the UK...
03 July 2019
GDP rose by 0.5% in Q1 2019 from the previous quarter, unrevised from the previous estimate. This followed a 0.2% rise in Q4 2018.
Compared with the same quarter a year ago, the UK econom...
13 June 2019
House price growth continued to accelerate in May according to the latest data from the Halifax, up 5.2% (quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted, year-on-year). This is against a weak comparison a year...
10 May 2019
GDP accelerated by 0.5% in Q1 2019 compared to the previous quarter, driven by a strong boost in manufacturing output as companies stockpiled ahead of the original Brexit deadline.
Compar...
05 April 2019
Retail Economics attended Retail Week Live 2019 recently, with chief executive Richard Lim chairing the General Counsel day. Retail leaders gathered to discuss how to grapple the pressures facing r...