Topic: Uk Office Of National Statistics

Unemployment data sparks hopes of recession exit

Jobless claims fell in December at the fastest pace for two and a half years, data showed Wednesday, fuelling hopes that the economy emerged from a record recession in the fourth quarter of 2009.The number of people claiming benefits slid by 15,200 ...

Economy still stuck in recession: data

Britain remains the last major economy in recession according to official data released on Tuesday, although signs of recovery emerged as the country's output shrank less than previously forecast.The Office for National Statistics said that gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 0.2 ...

Retail sales in surprise drop: official data

Retail sales in recession-hit Britain fell unexpectedly in November for the first time in six months, dropping by 0.3 percent compared with October, official data showed on Thursday.Analysts' consensus forecast had been for a month-on-month climb of 0.6 percent in retail sales ...

Jobless claims in first drop for 21 months

Jobless claims fell in November for the first time since February last year, official data showed Wednesday, sparking hopes that the economy may be emerging from a deep recession, analysts said.The number of people claiming benefits sank 6,300 last month to 1.6 ...
British jobless claims fell in November for the first time since February last year, official data showed Wednesday, sparking hopes that the economy may be emerging from a deep recession, analysts said.The number of people claiming benefits sank 6,300 last month to ...

Inflation jumps to 1.9%

Annual inflation in recession-hit Britain climbed to a higher-than-expected 1.9 percent in November owing to rising fuel prices, official data showed on Tuesday.Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation increased by 0.3 percent in November from October, the Office for National Statistics said in ...

Economy shrinks, but edges towards recovery

The economy shrank officially by 0.3 percent in the third quarter but this was better than initial data had shown and was welcomed by economists.Britain is trailing leading industrialised economies in pulling out of the recession, data from the Organisation for Economic ...

British economy shrinks, but edges towards recovery

Britain's recession-hit economy shrank officially by 0.3 percent in the third quarter but this was better than initial data had shown and was welcomed by economists.Britain is trailing leading industrialised economies in pulling out of the recession, data from the Organisation for ...

British economy shrinks by 0.3% in third quarter

Britain's recession-hit economy shrank by a better-than-expected 0.3 percent in the third quarter of 2009, compared with output in the previous three months, revised official data showed on Wednesday.The latest figure for the July-September period was an upgrade from the previous estimate ...

Britain fails to exit recession: official data

Britain failed to climb out of its deep recession in the third quarter, when the country's output unexpectedly slumped by 0.4 percent, official data showed on Friday. "Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decreased by 0.4 percent in the third quarter of 2009, compared ...