- In one line: Jobs falls are easing and pay growth is far too high to deliver 2% inflation, but the MPC seems keen to cut anyway.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Prices will keep gaining as stamp duty disruption has further to unwind.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Inflation is proving sticky, with most of June's acceleration looking genuine.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: A huge bounce in official retail sales is coming in June as seasonal distortions unwind.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Potential future tax hikes hit hiring sentiment, but wage growth is slowing only gradually.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Recovering as the Stamp Duty disruption fades
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- A second consecutive drop in GDP raises the chances that the MPC cuts rate again in August.
- But GDP should bounce in June, as real estate and car output improves and retail sales gain.
- We expect May’s payrolls fall to be revised much smaller and CPI inflation to tick up to 3.5% in June.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Rising car registrations signals recovering underlying economic activity.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: The Construction PMI will continue to recover as tariff uncertainty fades and Government investment soars.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Happy days as growth improves and inflation slows; the MPC could welcome the news with another cut in August.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Rebounding employment expectations suggest inflation pressure will remain stubborn.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: June’s downward revisions to the PMI’s sub-indices were likely driven by oil prices, sentiment will continue to improve.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Falling saving flows and rising corporate borrowing point to solid economic growth.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: House prices fall in June but returning buyer demand will push up prices soon.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Better balanced growth after revisions bodes well.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- A range of soft and hard data last week supported our call that the economy is rebounding from a soft patch.
- Fading uncertainty, and recovery after payback from tariff and tax front-running, help growth improve.
- The DMP shows the pace of disinflation easing too, so we still look for only one more rate cut this year.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: House prices fall in April, but the market will recover quickly.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: ONS vehicle duty correction cuts inflation, news was small, inflation pressures remain sticky.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line:Public finances deteriorate in May, tax-hike speculation to mount over the summer.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Consumers’ confidence inches up, but it will be tested over the summer.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
