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This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Rates to fall to 3.75% …
4th November 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … It’s close, but rates will probably fall …
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … More on taxes and the economic cycle …
29th October 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Equities’ slide points to spending slowdown …
28th October 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Tax hike stories overdone …
25th October 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Borrowing will overshoot, but taxes shouldn’t rise …
21st October 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … No cut...but the odds have shortened …
8th October 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Fiscal worries return …
7th October 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Return to balanced growth not yet assured …
30th September 2002
Market participants and policymakers are concerned that a military conflict with Iraq could push the US and world economies back towards recession. History, however, suggests that wars have tended to boost demand and activity, not depress it. … The …
27th September 2002
With the issue of UK entry into the single European currency likely to come to the fore again over the next year or so, whether the exchange rate is at an appropriate level for entry will be a critical question. … Sterling - still too high after all these …
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Outlook bleak for manufacturers …
23rd September 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Interest rates to end next year at 4% …
19th September 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Public sector pay rises are not a problem …
16th September 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … UK growth may disappoint, US-style …
14th September 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Surveys warn of job losses on the way …
9th September 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Sir Andrew Large appointed Deputy Governor of the Bank …
3rd September 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … MPC to resist a cut for fear of exacerbating the imbalances …
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Consumers not throwing the towel in just yet …
2nd September 2002
The long-awaited slowdown in consumer spending is finally underway. For companies closely connected with consumers, this is likely to mean a significant change from the exceptionally buoyant conditions of recent years. … The consumer slowdown – who will …
28th August 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … A delicate re-balancing act …
26th August 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Rate expectations on the up, but they won’t go far …
19th August 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Jubilee delays the recovery …
12th August 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … America’s weakness is bad news for the UK …
5th August 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … No rate rise from the MPC – nor will there be one this year …
1st August 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Rates to remain at 4% - for the rest of 2002 …
29th July 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Q2’s growth rate will not be sustained …
Structural differences between the UK and continental European housing markets are a major barrier to Britain adopting the euro. Because of the large proportion of variable-rate mortgages in the UK, and its high level of home ownership, Britain is …
26th July 2002
For the second time in five years, monetary policy has saved the world from what looked like certain recession. If this signals that monetary policy has become more effective in smoothing the path of the global economy, then the implications are …
23rd July 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … The next move in interest rates could be down …
22nd July 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … No change to the spending increases – or the risks …
15th July 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Industrial recovery will not force rates up yet …
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Cause for concern …
8th July 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Lower exchange rate not sufficient for early euro entry …
5th July 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … No rate rise - yet …
3rd July 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … First hints of re-balancing …
1st July 2002
Having pulled the economy along almost single-handedly in recent years, the consumer express train is about to hit the buffers. … A major rebalancing of the British economy is on the way (Q3 …
27th June 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Inflation numbers will keep interest rates down …
26th June 2002
We have long argued that houses are over-valued, based on evidence from the house-price earnings ratio (HPE). But some commentators argue that the HPE is no longer a credible leading indicator of housing valuations. This Focus looks at whether evidence …
20th June 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Stockmarket falls won’t derail recovery …
17th June 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Has the MPC dropped a stitch? …
10th June 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Housing market boom stepping up a gear? …
5th June 2002
The Q1 GDP figures display a clear disparity between the nominal figures, which show a healthy 1.3% rise in the first three months, and the real figures, which imply that output stagnated over the same period. The disparity was caused by a sharp increase …
31st May 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Base rates to remain unchanged …
29th May 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … The MPC switches to amber …
20th May 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Inflation Report to confirm no hurry to raise rates …
13th May 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Rates on hold – and fears of early hikes are wide of the mark …
8th May 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Mr Brown’s numbers still look too optimistic …
6th May 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … Question marks over the recovery? …
29th April 2002
This report is only available as a PDF. Click to download. … A New Trend at the Treasury …
22nd April 2002
