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The Bank of England is expected to remain cautious in its approach to normalization of monetary policy, due to unprecedented circumstances caused by the prolonged period of ultra-high accommodative...

The latest data on UK growth showed business investments declined unexpectedly in the third quarter, reinforcing concerns that political and geopolitical uncertainties have begun to bite into the...

Market participants and the public have been trying hard to decode how dovish the Bank of England really is, given its recent mixed messages on the inflation outlook. Tuesday's Treasury Select...

The political uncertainty in the UK ahead of general elections and subdued inflation are expected to weigh on sterling in the mid-term. However, the risk of reversal to the current bearish trend...

Inflation in the UK remains benign and expectations suggest it will remain so for the next three years. This should keep the Bank of England dovish at least until next summer. The Bank of England...

The headline figure for the inflation rate may surprise on the upside, despite general expectations suggesting it should remain steady in November. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate has...

The unemployment rate in the UK has been falling sharply in the last twelve months, and down from 8.4% in January 2012 to 6.0% in the quarter to August this year. However, the jobless rate appears to...

The Bank of England’s updated outlook for inflation, growth, and the labor market due out this week should shed more light on the future path of the base interest rate.Wednesday's Inflation...

Total industrial production, which includes extraction of oil and gas from the North Sea, remained flat between July and August, primarily due to what the officials called a temporary, 25-day long,...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy is expected to remain highly accommodative for some time, as the UK economy continues to rely heavily on domestically generated economic growth rather than...

The first estimate of third-quarter growth in Britain will likely show that the economy decelerated from the second quarter, with prospects of a further slow-down in the final quarter now...

Unemployment is expected to fall further down in the quarter to August, partly driven down by a continuation of significant falls in jobless claims in previous months. Still, wage growth remains...

Consumer price inflation in Britain is expected to have slowed further below both the official target and the latest Bank of England estimate for the third quarter. The UK Consumer Price Index (CPI)...

Britain's foreign trade balance remains one of the weakest sectors of the economy with trade in goods persistently generating substantial deficits. Signs of a global economic slowdown and weaker euro...

Market expectations suggest output in the UK manufacturing sector slowed down in August as soft data indicate a similar pattern.Uncertainty ahead of the Scottish independence referendum in August, as...

Productivity in the UK labour market in the second quarter this year remained far below pre-crisis levels, new data from the ONS revealed today.Weak productivity remains one of the primary subjects of...