Sponsored UK Chancellor Unveils ‘Growth’ Budget The Chancellor of the Exchequer for the U.K. has unveiled the budget for the coming year against a gloomy economic backdrop, which included some sweeteners to dull the pain of public spending cuts, according to Bloomberg. March 24, 2011
Sponsored UK Borrowing Remains Within Annual Budget Target Public borrowing for the U.K. government narrowed at the end of the first quarter to bring the figure for the past financial year to a level below the official forecast, according to Bloomberg. April 22, 2011
Sponsored Economists Question UK Growth Forecast As OBR Warns On Inflation Economists have criticized the official forecast for growth released by the U.K. government along with the Budget for being to ambitious about the potential for growth in the coming decade, according to Financial Times. March 28, 2011
Sponsored BOE Leader Sees More UK Growth Despite Looming Cuts A lead economist at the U.K. central bank has put forward a rosy outlook for continued economic growth for the country, even with looming public spending cuts and lingering high inflation, according to Bloomberg. March 22, 2011
Sponsored UK Growth Stagnant, OECD Cuts Outlook Economic growth in the U.K. was unrevised for the first three months of the year, indicating that the recovery has stalled and output is unchanged from the autumn of last year, according to Financial Times. May 26, 2011
Sponsored CBI Lowers UK Growth Forecast Growth in the U.K. in 2011 is now expected to be slightly lower than had been previously thought as austerity measures weigh on the private sector and consumer sentiment, according to Financial Times. February 10, 2011