16 December 2020 Lockdown Discounting Prompts UK Inflation to Underwhelm

Inflation statistics for the UK from the October-November period shows an unexpected weakness in the UK's inflation rate, with the finger of blame falling on the November lockdown.

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15 December 2020 EU to Suffer Largest Economic Hit from 2nd Lockdown: TS Lombard

The UK, Germany and Netherlands are the latest countries to announce a tightening of restrictions, aimed at halting the spread of the second wave of covid-19 infections.

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15 December 2020 2021 Will be Better than Expected: Capital Economics Forecast for the UK Economy

On the day the UK announced another rise in unemployment, economists at independent research house Capital Economics offer an upbeat view on what 2021 and 2022 hold for a battered UK economy.

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15 December 2020 Unemployment Hasn't Risen as Fast as Economists Expected, but a Dark Winter Looms

The UK economy is shedding jobs, but not as fast as economists had been expecting.

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10 December 2020 UK Economic Recovery Curtailed by New Restrictions Even Before November's Lockdown 

Britain's economic recovery all but petered out in October as a tiered system of localised restrictions came into force, Office for National Statistics (ONS) data showed on Thursday, although econo…

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09 December 2020 HM Treasury Penny Pinching Greater Threat to Economy than Deficit, Economists Say

Britain's economy received its own shot in the arm this week when the ball began rolling on a global coronavirus vaccination programme, although the economy's recovery could be cut short if HM…

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07 December 2020 UK Economy to Steam Ahead in 2021, Global Growth to hit 40-year High

Economists at independent research house Oxford Economics are tipping the UK's economy to grow faster than other major developed market economies in 2021, as the biggest winners will be those econo…

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