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Advance 3Q GDP Growth Reading Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story
The market was impressed with the advance reading for the third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth last Thursday. The fact is that with the Q3 GDP growth at 2.8%, the news was a relief, as it...
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Why a Closer Look at October Jobs Numbers Paints Anything but a Rosy Picture
In my previous commentary, I discussed the third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth and how it was really weaker than it appeared. The Federal Reserve should realize the underlying weakness in...
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GDP estimate remains unchanged for Q3 2013
At an increase of 0.8 percent the latest GDP estimate from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) remains unchanged from the Preliminary Estimate issued in October. This follows on from previous...
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Why I Won’t Be Surprised If the Global Economy Caves
The global economy looks to be in trouble, as there may be an economic contraction on the horizon. If all the pieces of the puzzle fall into place, companies on key stock indices might face issues in...
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UK Recovery Slightly Stronger Than Thought
Although the latest GDP volume growth figure for Q3 2013 compared to Q2 has been confirmed at 0.8 percent, when compared to 2012 Q3 it has been revised up by 0.4 percent to 1.9 percent. On top of that...
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UK GDP on the rise
In good news for the UK economy GDP increased in the last quarter of 2013 by 0.7 percent over the third quarter. It was though also 1.3 percent lower than the peak in 2008. In Q4 2013 GDP was 2.8...
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GDP figures: UK economy remains ‘unbalanced’, says Green Party
The return to overall economic growth conceals an unbalanced recovery, says The Green Party. Britain’s economy has posted its fastest annual growth since 2007, expanding by 1.9% during 2013.The Office...
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Measuring UK Economic Well-being
We have got used to measuring the wealth of the UK in the terms of Gross Domestic product (GDP) and watch the monthly ups and downs and use it to assess the state of the nation accordingly. But does a...
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How the Digital World Fuels the Physical Economy
GDP has for many years been the accepted instrument for measuring the market value of all officially recognized goods and services for each specific country. Whilst the mathematical equations that...
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Surge in consumer confidence as employees start to feel the benefits of...
• Consumer confidence at highest levels since before the economic downturn • Marked increase in employees experiencing pay rises, promotions, or bonuses over past year • 32% have seen business hire new...
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UK Economy Expands by 0.8% in the First Quarter of 2014
The UK economy grew by 0.8 percent in quarter one of 2014 following on from the 0.7 percent seen in the final quarter of 2013 according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics...
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A Recovering Economy? The Small Business Perspective
The first quarter of 2014 saw the British economy grow by 0.8% – our fifth period of consecutive GDP growth and the longest unbroken run of economic positivity since the financial downturn of 2008....
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Why UK interest rates may have to rise soon
After seven long years, the UK economy might now be back where it used to be. We won’t know for sure until the National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR) publishes its next monthly GDP...
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A balanced recovery?
With the economy confirmed as growing at 0.8% in the first three months of this year – broadly at its trend pace, confounding those who confidently predicted much stronger activity – economists and...
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UK GDP Increased by 0.8% in Q1 2014
The latest estimated GDP figures from the Office for National Statistics has GDP up 0.8 percent between Q4 2013 and Q1 2014. GDP in volume terms increased by three percent between Q1 2013 and Q1 2014,...
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Japan GDP feels effect of consumption tax
Andrew Rose, Japanese Equities Fund Manager at Schroders, comments on Japan’s GDP figures, which show a contraction in the second quarter: “Japan’s second quarter real GDP fell a bracing 6.8% compared...
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UK GDP increased by 0.7% in third quarter of 2014
The UK’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.7 percent in the third quarter of 2014, compared to the 0.9 percent seen in the second quarter says the Office for National Statistics. On an annual...
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CHART OF THE WEEK: Inclusive Wealth
Summary: This week two departments of the UN released a joint report which put forward a new way of measuring a nation's wealth. The "Inclusive Wealth" measure tries to include a number of things that...
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UK borrowing slows slightly
Between April and November the UK public sector net borrowing (excluding public sector banks – PSNB ex) was £75.8 billion, which is a decrease of £0.5 billion compared to the same period last year....
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GDP up by 2.6% in 2014
UK GDP as a whole was up by 2.6 percent in 2014 compared with 2013 according to preliminary estimates reports the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Comparing the last quarter of 2014 with Q4 2013...
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