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Fri 24 May 2013
Gross mortgage borrowing in the UK was little changed in April, according to figures from the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) on Friday.
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Fri 24 May 2013
Bank of England (BoE) policymaker Paul Fisher said he did not want a US-style quantitative easing programme for Britain as it would be too hard to manage.
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Thu 23 May 2013
UK citizens predict inflation of 2.5 per cent in the year ahead, according to a YouGov/Citi poll Thursday.
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Wed 22 May 2013
Minutes from the latest Bank of England (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting have revealed meeting voted unanimously to maintain the interest rate at 0.5 per cent.
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Wed 22 May 2013
A report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) into the UK economy has said the country is a long way from recovery and needs to rebalance.
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Wed 22 May 2013
UK manufacturing orders in May increased less than expected but confidence is building in the sector, according to a report from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) on Wednesday.
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Wed 22 May 2013
UK retail sales volumes fell sharply in April, by 1.3 per cent month-on-month (0.5 per cent year-on-year) as the poor weather continued to lead shoppers to forego purchases of seasonal goods, especially in the food segment, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), although food price inflation seems to have been a factor as well.
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Tue 21 May 2013
The UK consumer price index (CPI) grew by 2.4 per cent in the year to April 2013, down from 2.8 per cent in March, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Tue 21 May 2013
House price growth accelerated across the UK as a whole in March, although Scotland and Northern Ireland remain in decline.
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Tue 21 May 2013
UK mortgage lending increased by four per cent in April compared to a month earlier, according to estimates from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).
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Tue 21 May 2013
Factory gate inflation trailed off to a 1.1 per cent year-on-year rate of increase in April, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), versus a rise of 1.9 per cent in the month before.
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Tue 21 May 2013
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) grew by 2.4 per cent in the year to April 2013, down from 2.8 per cent in March, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Mon 20 May 2013
A leading forecaster said high inflation has cost the UK economy 10bn pounds over the past three years.
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Mon 20 May 2013
Average UK home asking prices hit new record; Strength is not across-the-board; Pent-up demand frustrated by fresh supply
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Mon 20 May 2013
PricewaterhouseCoopers has said the European Union (EU) is to significantly extend the reach of the bankers' bonus cap to include 10 times as many employees than previously expected.
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Fri 17 May 2013
Bank of England (BoE) policymaker Martin Weale had dashed hopes that incoming Governor Mark Carney will implement further monetary stimulus to lift the economy.
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Wed 15 May 2013
Prime Minister David Cameron has admitted he is 'deeply concerned' about the possibility that recent leaps in petrol prices is the result of price-fixing.
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Wed 15 May 2013
The Bank of England (BoE) lifted its growth forecast in a quarterly economic update Wednesday.
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Wed 15 May 2013
UK unemployment rose to 2.52m in the first three months of the year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Tue 14 May 2013
UK Prime Minister David Cameron is set to publish a draft bill for an ‘in-out’ European Union (EU) referendum on Tuesday.
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