Financial Indicators: Data from FTSE100, as well as oil prices and gold prices.
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Credit easing: National Loan Guarantee Scheme and Business Finance Partnership (83 KB, PDF)
In his autumn statement to Parliament on 29 November 2011, the Chancellor announced that credit easing would be introduced through two schemes – the National Loan Guarantee Scheme (NLGS) for small businesses and the Business Finance Partnership for SMEs and midsized businesses. The NLGS was formally launched on 20 March 2012, the day before the 2011 Budget.
This note looks at the short history of credit easing in the UK and recent evidence from the US.
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Credit easing: National Loan Guarantee Scheme and Business Finance Partnership (83 KB, PDF)
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Business and Consumer Confidence: Information on business and consumer confidence surveys, which is generally released ahead of official statistical data and can indicate changes to the economic outlook as well as turning points in the economic cycle.
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This is a purely statistical note on public sector borrowing (the budget deficit), public sector debt and government debt interest payments.
