Financial Indicators: Key Economic Indicators
Financial Indicators: Data from FTSE100, as well as oil prices and gold prices.
Analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators.
Economic Indicators May 2016, Queen's Speech Debate update (352 KB , PDF)
GPD grew by 0.4% in Q1 2016. This was lower than Q4 2015, when growth was 0.6%.
The Consumer Price Index rose by 0.3% in the year to April 2016. This was below the rate in March (0.5%) and below the Bank of England’s target of 2.0% for the 28th successive month.
The headline rate of employment for 16-64 year olds was 74.2% in January to March 2016. In the same period, the headline unemployment rate was 5.1%. Both these figures are broadly unchanged compared with the preceding quarter.
Economic Indicators May 2016, Queen's Speech Debate update (352 KB , PDF)
Financial Indicators: Data from FTSE100, as well as oil prices and gold prices.
Data and latest developments on interest rates and quantitative easing policy from the UK (Bank of England), Eurozone (European Central Bank) and the US (Federal Reserve).
Exchange rates: Data on the value of the pound relative to other major international currencies.