UK Housing Market Update Is it too soon to call the top of the housing market? 22nd June 2004 · 1 min read
UK Economics Focus Time for monetary shock treatment? The failure of the increases in official UK interest rates seen in recent months to have any visible impact on the housing market or the rapid growth of household spending and borrowing suggests that... 22nd June 2004 · 1 min read
US Chart Pack Measured pace of rate hikes dependent on inflation (Jun 04) 21st June 2004 · 1 min read
Europe Economics Focus UK beats France in the European income championships Whatever the football results from Portugal, some countries can at least draw comfort from the latest league table of national incomes. Data from the IMF World Economic Database 2004 allow us to... 18th June 2004 · 1 min read
UK Economics Focus Is the CPI giving a complacent picture of inflation? The answer is no. Attention tends to focus on CPI, given that it is the measure of inflation targeted by the Monetary Policy Committee. And although yesterday’s data showed that CPI inflation rose to... 16th June 2004 · 1 min read
UK Economics Update Rates to rise more aggressively this year, but then to fall in 2005 10th June 2004 · 1 min read
