2013 turned out to be a remarkable year from the point of view of stock market recoveries. Nearly all markets rose, producing gains of between 20% and 30% in general: exceptional growth by any standard. January and February have, of course…
Chart of the Week: Week 9, 2014: UK Recessions and Recoveries
he ONS released their second estimate for Q4 GDP growth today, and it remained at 0.7%.
Chart of the Week: Week 8, 2014: UK Stock Market
The FTSE is 30 years old this year, so we’ve decided to take a look at its inflation adjusted performance over that time.
Chart of the Week: Week 7, 2014: UK Production Index
At the end of last week, the Office for National Statistics released the output of the production industries for December 2013.
Chart of the Week: Week 6, 2014: EU Unemployment Comparison
Eurostat released the European Union’s latest unemployment statistics at the end of last week, and they showed an overall rate of 12% in December 2013, compared to 11.9% in December 2012.
Chart of the Week: Week 5, 2014: UK GDP Per Capita
Encouraging GDP figures were released this week, showing that growth in the final quarter of 2013 was 0.7% on the previous quarter, and annual growth for 2013 was 1.9%.