UK GDP up 0.7 per cent
UK GDP grew by 0.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to the latest quarterly national accounts from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Consumer debt, another house price boom – what sort of recovery is this?
The chancellor has given up on any rebalancing of the economy and has fallen back on what can only lead, further down the line, to another crash.
Today’s GDP figures: the smirk on the corpse
Today’s GDP figures are certainly cause for cheer. After three years of flatlining the economy is finally showing signs of life.
UK economy grows by 0.6%
UK GDP grew by 0.6 per cent in the second quarter of 2013, according to the latest quarterly national accounts from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Ireland, poster child for austerity hawks, slips back into recession
Ireland, Europe’s poster child for austerity, has slipped back into recession, and the country’s 2012 GDP has been revised sharply lower from +o.9 per cent to just +0.2 per cent.
‘Absurd’ to read significance into today’s GDP revision, says ONS
The UK economy did not enter a double dip recession at the beginning of 2012, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
UK GDP down 0.3 per cent
UK GDP fell by 0.3 per cent between the third and fourth quarters of 2012, according to the latest quarterly national accounts from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Why are British workers getting less productive?
The IFS produced a new report today examining why British workers are getting less productive.
Watch: Miliband flays Cameron on the economy at PMQs
Following Friday’s poor growth figures, Ed Miliband went after David Cameron on his failing economic record at today’s Prime Minister’s Questions.
Osborne: Blames the snow and eurozone when growth is down, takes the credit when it’s up
Chancellor George Osborne is the ultimate political swindler, taking credit for when the GDP figures are good, not taking the blame when they’re bad.