- In one line: Fading consumer caution and renewed corporate risk appetite bode well for growth.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: The labour market is easing making an August rate cut a very close call.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: House prices defy high interest rates to rise strongly in May.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Import prices signal a modest uptick in core goods CPI inflation.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Stronger-than-expected growth pressures the MPC to delay a rate cut until September.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Consumers are back in business.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Borrowing close to Budget forecasts, but unrealistic spending plans mean the next government will borrow more and raise taxes.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line:Shoppers return in force, offering upside risks to Q2 GDP.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Persistent services inflation means more delay to rate cuts.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Higher mortgage rates take a toll but estate agents expect a recovery later in the year.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Higher mortgage rates take a toll but estate agents expect a recovery later in the year.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Not as bad as feared, labour market is easing and wage growth will follow.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: The labour market bottoms out.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Surveys are playing ball, the hard data will follow.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Construction growth accelerates further, supporting the recovery from last year's recession.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Slowing inflation will make the MPC happy.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Cautious consumers keep private sales falling.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Retail sales bounce back from April’s catastrophe.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Manufacturing growth leaps and feeds through to modest price inflation.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: House prices are resisting the mortgage rate rise.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
