At the end of last week, the Land Registry published their House Price Index data for April 2014 which showed that over the whole of England and Wales, house prices went up by 1.5% on the previous month and 6.7% on the same time last year.
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May 2014
Barring a political miscalculation in the Ukraine and provided the conflict in the Middle East does not spread further into Saudi, the Gulf States and Turkey, we should see a steady improvement to the economic world for the time being….
Chart of the Week: Week 22, 2014: UK GDP Growth by Sector
When the second estimate of Q1 GDP was released at the end of last week, the preliminary growth rate of 0.8% remained unchanged.
Chart of the Week: Week 21, 2014: UK Wealth Distribution
Towards the end of last week, the third wave of the Office for National Statistics’ “Wealth in Great Britain” report was released.
Chart of the Week: Week 20, 2014: UK Labour Market
The official UK unemployment rate continued its sharp decline in the three months to March.
Chart of the Week: Week 19, 2014: UK Healthcare Spending
Per capita healthcare spending in the UK has slowed down massively since the 2008 recession, with spending on private healthcare decreasing even in nominal terms since the peak in 2007.