
Economic overview for March 2026
A lot has changed since the latest economic data was released. The highly anticipated spring statement was something of a non-event, but the outbreak of war in Iran

A lot has changed since the latest economic data was released. The highly anticipated spring statement was something of a non-event, but the outbreak of war in Iran

Only an eternal optimist would suggest that the UK economy had a satisfactory year in 2025, with its disappointing mix of sluggish growth, sticky inflation and pallid business

Whilst global news is awash with policy change, tariff threats and global ‘peace making’, here in the UK it is well nigh impossible to escape the pre-math of

Despite the political disruption so evident recently in the UK, with mass demonstrations and protests and the domination of the narrative by immigration issues, what matters most for

Despite disturbances in the commercial Force, such as Brexit or US tariffs, the UK is fundamentally a trading nation, buying and selling goods and services all around the

Much of the economic focus so far this year has been on the tariff chaos cascading from the White House, but with the passing of the latest trade