There has been a lot of new data released this week on the Euro Area, and all of it has been positive; unemployment continues to fall (slowly), inflation is back up to closer to 0%, and economic confidence is at its highest since 2011.
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Chart of the Week: Week 12, 2015: UK Essentials Inflation
For the first time since they started recording the CPI measure of inflation, the rate of price growth has fallen to 0% (for February).
Chart of the Week: Week 11, 2015: UK Central Government Finances
With the annual UK Budget due this afternoon, we’ve updated our yearly chart showing the central government finances per person.
Chart of the Week: Week 10, 2015: Current Budget Deficit
This morning, the Scottish Government released their annual report on their finances covering the period up to 2013/14.
March 2015
Russia has to be considered to be at a crossroads. The Kremlin’s propaganda against the West and internal dissidents is taking on a life of its own and it is difficult to see how Mr Putin, even if he wanted to, can roll this tide back. The West will have to play a careful game…
Chart of the Week: Week 9, 2015: UK Interest Rates
Tomorrow’s Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee meeting marks the sixth anniversary of their decision to reduce the Bank Rate to an “emergency” record low of 0.5%.