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Inflation rising as economy opens up
The consumer prices index (CPI) measurement of inflation rose to 0.7 per cent in the 12 mo...
CPI inflation doubles but still low at 0.6 per cent
The UK consumer prices index (CPI) rose by 0.6 per cent in the year to December, up from 0...
UK economy shrank in November, ending six months of growth
UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell 2.6 per cent in November as the second national lockd...
Second lockdown slows inflation to crawl
Covid-19 restrictions and the ‘Black Friday effect’ pushed the UK’s CPI inflation ra...
Retail sales up again but UK economic recovery ‘likely to diminish’
Retail sales volumes in August increased 0.8 per cent – the fourth consecutive month of ...
Unemployment rate at two-year high
The unemployment rate reached 4.1 per cent in the three months to July 2020, the highest r...
Employment suffers biggest fall since 2009 as 730,000 jobs lost in lockdown
Almost three quarters of a million people have been removed from the payrolls of British c...
UK GDP fell by a fifth in April
UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell 20.4 per cent in April – the largest drop in a sing...
UK economy shrunk by two per cent as pandemic took hold
The UK economy shrank by two per cent in the first three months of the year, its sharpest ...
Sharp drop in mortgages for house purchase but property prices perk up
Figures from trade body UK Finance have revealed that November saw stark falls in mortgage...