22 April 2021 CHAPS Data Shows Sharp Recovery in Spending Underway

UK spending via debit and credit cards rose sharply in the week following the April 12 unlocking of the UK economy, suggesting a significant consumer-lead economic revival is underway.

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21 April 2021 No Inflation Shock, Yet

Inflation in the UK is rising again, with the annual CPI inflation rate going from 0.4% in February to 0.7% in March according to the ONS, driven by a 0.3% month-on-month rise recorded in March.

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20 April 2021 Sharp Drop in UK Unemployment Rate

The UK unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 4.9% in February, down from 5.0% in January, but the decline flies in the face of consensus expectations for a rise to 5.1% to be announced.

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16 April 2021 Eurozone's Inflation Data Hints at Lingering Challenges for ECB

Eurozone inflation rebounded further out of its 2020 trough in March, data from Eurostat confirmed on Friday.

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15 April 2021 U.S. Retail Sales Hint at "Scale of the Dramatic Acceleration" in the Economy

U.S. retail sales grew a sizeable 9.8% on a month-on-month basis in March, which represents a notable recovery from the -2.7% reported in February.

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13 April 2021 Gaping UK Trade Deficit Gets Bigger Despite Rebound in Exports to EU

The UK Trade Balance for February read at -£16.44BN, a deficit far in excess of the -£10.40BN the market was looking for, and deeper than the -£12.59BN reported in January.

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13 April 2021 UK Economy Grew in February, But Not as Quickly as the Market Expected

The UK economy expanded by 0.4% in February 2021 says the ONS, helped by a 0.2% expansion of the country's dominant services sector.

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