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Government support schemes have been hugely successful in mitigating the financial consequences of the pandemic to consumers. But at the...
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Inflation in the UK is set to peak higher for longer than we previously expected. But structural factors plus the...
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Continued strength in the latest labour market data has led us to strengthen our London employment forecast. We now expect...
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Revisions in Q2’s national accounts showed the economy responding more strongly to exiting lockdown than initially thought. At the same...
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A glance at recent headlines in the UK could leave the reader feeling beleaguered. So the tongue-in-cheek question posed recently...
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High-frequency data on numbers of employees and median pay suggest that the Covid-19 pandemic has not made the ‘north-south divide’...
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The minutes of September’s MPC meeting were more hawkish, leading markets to price in a rate hike early next year....
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Construction and, to a lesser extent, manufacturing and agriculture were the only UK sectors to suffer significant labour shortages in...
Although the ‘ pingdemic ’ in July raised concerns about the UK economic recovery, the evidence is that activity has...
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The latest money and credit data suggested caution on the part of consumers. Unsecured lending flatlined in July and households’...
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Retail sales fell sharply in July, but we don’t see this as a reason to turn bearish on the consumer...
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July’s fall in inflation is likely to represent only brief respite for consumers. After a larger than expected rise in...
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A decent rise in GDP in Q2 confirmed hopes that the relaxation of Covidrestrictions would trigger a strong response from...
Rising coronavirus cases have resulted in London moving further from normality throughout June and into July. London’s normality score in...
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The region with the strongest forecast GVA rise in 2021 is the East Midlands, with an 8.2% increase, closely followed...
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Oil prices have stabilised around $75pb following the OPEC+ deal earlier thismonth to taper production cuts starting in August. The...
The construction sector did not escape the coronavirus-induced economic downdraft unscathed. Activity at the global scale fell 1.4% in 2020,...
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Another upside inflation surprise points to the CPI measure peaking much higher than we previously thought. But June’s rise in...
Consulting Report
The Port of London Authority (PLA) commissioned Oxford Economics to produce forecasts of cargo handled in the Port of London...
