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Saturday, 26th July 2008

Economic indicators

Building slump curbs economic growth A HOUSEBUILDING slump hit growth in the second quarter of the year as the UK's economic slowdown gathered pace, according to official estimates today.

Brown balancing on a thin red line BARELY has Britain's economic downturn begun – let's set aside the scary 'R' word for now – than the latest figures for the Government's finances show an alarming deterioration. 'Worrying trend' doesn't tell the half

Crisis 'will get a great deal worse before it gets better' – but scope for rate cut THE weakening British economy should allow the Bank of England to cut interest rates later this year, according to an influential forecasting group.

Two more years of high prices CONSUMERS were last night warned to expect another two years of price-rise misery, after inflation soared to a 16-year high of 3.8 per cent.

Barratt moves to calm fears of debt crisis

Fallen idols in the consumer slump

Rates and eyebrows raised in Europe

'Risk of recession rising rapidly' as service sector slips into contraction

Day the giants took a sound beating

Manufacturing downturn signals intensifying fear of a UK recession

King raises inflation concerns as oil set to hit $170

Inflation fear leads Fed to freeze rates

Economic growth to hit 17-year low, says CBI

Big fall in start-ups as uncertainty takes hold

Brown 'failed to plan for rainy day during his ten years as chancellor'

'Don't panic' plea from worried Scottish giants after B&B crisis

Banks targeted after price-fixing allegation

Manufacturing levels point to 'stagflation'

Market worst since the 1970s warns one of Scotland's top brokers

Driven to despair

End to credit crisis is just an American pipedream

Barclays leaves question mark over cash call

Job fears as Currys to close 77 shops

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