Economics

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets monetary policy to meet the 2% inflation target, and in a...

The global economy has reached an important milestone in the second quarter of 2021, surpassing the pre-pandemic real GDP peak...

Foreign trade and Industrial import prices In April 2021 seasonally-adjusted data, compared to March 2021, increased by +3.4% for outgoing...

Headline estimates of employment, unemployment, underemployment, participation and hours worked from the monthly Labour Force Survey Key Points Seasonally adjusted...

Key Points The Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH) rose by 2.1% in the 12 months to...

Balance of payments records the value of the country's transactions with the rest of the world. It shows changes in...

Monthly and quarterly estimates of turnover and volumes for retail businesses, including store and online sales. Key Points:  The April...

The total value of building permits remained at historically high levels in April 2021, edging down 0.5% to $11.1 billion, following the record...

Key Points: The Australian economy rose 1.8% in seasonally adjusted chain volume measures Through the year GDP rose 1.1% The...

Real gross domestic product (GDP) grew 1.1% in March, following 0.4% growth in February. This 11th consecutive monthly increase continued to offset the...

Recovery of the domestic economy interrupted Switzerland’s GDP fell by 0.5 % after growing by 0.1 % in the 4th...

Preliminary estimates for May indicate that the index increased by 5.9 per cent (on a monthly average basis) in SDR terms, after...