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Below is a list of our UK Publications for the last 5 months. If you are looking for reports older than 5 months please email info@pantheonmacro.com, or contact your account rep

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Datanotes Weekly Monitor

26 May 2026 UK Monitor Week in review: dovish, but erratic, data affect rate pricing little

  • Weak employment data and a sharp drop in the PMI challenge our view that growth was holding up.
  • But the PMI over-reacts to uncertainty, the job fall will be revised away, and consumers’ confidence held up.
  • Oil prices and Mr. Burnham accepting fiscal rules explain gilt-yield falls; economic data had little effect.

UK Datanote: U.K. BRC Retail Sales Monitor, April 2026

  • In one line: Early Easter exaggerates the fall, but it was a weak reading nonetheless.

UK Datanote: UK GDP March 2026

  • In one line: Noise exaggerates growth, but GDP was nonetheless solid heading into the Iran War.

UK Datanote: UK International Trade, March 2026

  • In one line: Few signs of a spillover from higher energy prices into core import costs, yet.

UK Datanote: UK RICS Residential Market Survey, April 2026

  • In one line: House price inflation to remain weak in 2026 as higher interest costs bite.

UK Datanote: UK Report on Jobs Survey, April 2026

  • In one line: Uncertainty hits permanent hiring, but vacancies improve, suggesting the job market is holding up.

18 May 2026 UK Monitor Week in review: GDP growth was fine before the war

  • The economy was ticking along fine before the war, even if Q1 GDP exaggerates growth somewhat.
  • Ten-year gilt yields have another 30-to-40bp to rise if Andy Burnham wins a Labour leadership contest.
  • April inflation should drop to 3.0% in data published this week, while the jobless rate should hold steady.

11 May 2026 UK Monitor Week in review: growth holds up while inflation surges

  • The bar to the MPC returning to rate cuts, if oil prices fall, looks high, as growth and inflation are holding up. 
  • But a thin Iran-US deal, if signed, would lead us to shift to one or no hikes this year.
  • Disastrous local election results for the Labour Party will keep political risk elevated

5 May 2026 UK Monitor Forecast review: closed Strait and "active" MPC mean hikes

  • The activity data since our last forecast review have been solid, implying little damage from the Iran war...
  • ...So firms’ pricing pressure looks strong to us, and the soft data point to a quick passthrough of higher costs.
  • We now look for two 25bp hikes to Bank Rate this year, with three cuts to come across 2027 and 2028.

UK Datanote: UK Flash PMIs, April 2026

  • In one line: Not as good as it looks, but the PMIs still say the MPC should worry more about inflation than growth.

UK Datanote: UK Public Finances, March 2026

  • In one line:The Chancellor will need to borrow more than expected in the upcoming fiscal year.

UK Datanote: U.K. CBI Industrial Trends Survey, April 2026

  • In one line: Core producer output price inflation will jump in the coming months according to the CBI.

UK Datanote: UK GfK Consumers' Confidence Survey, April 2026

  • In one line: Higher inflation means consumers’ confidence will remain weak in 2026.

UK Datanote: Retail Sales, March 2026

  • In one line:Tentative signs that consumers are willing to run down their high saving rate to support consumption.

27 April 2026 UK Monitor Week in review: inflation pressure rockets while growth holds up

  • Risks are skewed to a hawkish hold by the Bank of England as the DMP shows rising price pressures.
  • A slew of surveys last week suggests inflation risks are more prominent than growth weakness.
  • Bank Rate expectations are moving with oil prices rather than economic data.

UK Datanote: U.K. Consumer Prices, March 2026

  • In one line: Underlying inflation accelerating tips the balance towards rate hikes if oil prices stay high, or limits the room for cuts if oil prices fall back.

UK Datanote: UK Labour Market Data, February / March 2026

  • In one line: Stabilising jobs and unemployment fall challenges the MPC assessment of how fast the labour market was loosening.

UK Datanote: U.K. Official House Price Index, February 2026

  • In one line: House price inflation to remain weak in 2026.

20 April 2026 UK Monitor Week in review: the economy was doing fine before the war

  • February GDP exaggerates monthly growth, but stripping out noise the economy was growing solidly.
  • Oil prices consistently below $100/bl mean we are close to removing our forecast for an MPC rate hike.
  • A payroll fall and wage slowdown in this week’s data will keep the MPC cautious about hiking.

UK Datanote: UK International Trade, February 2026

  • In one line: Import price growth will jump in the coming months.
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