Euro area inflation

Posted by Brian Dear on May 31, 2012

Working and workless households

Posted by Brian Dear on May 31, 2012

In October to December 2011 there were 3.9 million workless households
There were 11.1 million households including at least one person aged 16 to 64 where all adults worked
5.7 million households contained both working and workless members

Posted by Brian Dear on May 31, 2012

Not a lot of change to report – but there are a couple of positive findings

In England more workplaces, weighted by employment, reported higher rather than lower output in March 2012 compared with December 2011.
A higher share of workplaces, weighted by employment, reported that output was higher rather than lower in March 2012 compared with March 2011.

Posted by Brian Dear on May 30, 2012

Optimism in the UK economy has risen sharply from 40.9 in January to 47.3 in April this year (small and mid-cap quoted companies)

Posted by Brian Dear on May 29, 2012

All retail sales values in April 2012 increased by 0.4 per cent when compared with April 2011. This is the slowest rate of growth since January 2010 when sales values where also 0.4 per cent higher compared with a year ago.
Sales volumes in April 2012 decreased by 1.1 per cent when compared with April 2011. This is the largest fall in sales volume year-on-year growth since August 2011 when sales volumes fell by 1.2 per cent.