UK Publications
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- In one line: Retail sales growth should pick up when the weather clears, but war in the Middle East remains a downside risk to activity.
- In one line: Hiring sentiment improves in February, but war in the Middle East will hit business confidence hard.
- We plot how the 2026 energy surge, and position of the UK economy, compares to 2022.
- Oil and natural-gas prices have so far risen by a similar percentage to 2022, but may be fading sooner.
- More spare capacity exists and M4 growth is slower than in 2022, but inflation expectations are deanchored.
- We expect CPI inflation to be unchanged at 3.0% in February, matching the MPC’s forecast.
- Higher core goods inflation—driven by clothes—and airfares should offset weaker services and motor fuels.
- President Trump looking for an Iran exit ramp means we now see inflation peaking at 3.3% in December.
- We expect inflation to trough at 2.6% in June and peak at 3.4% in December, given energy futures yesterday.
- We expect the flash payroll estimate to show a 5K month-to-month fall in February.
- Private-sector wage growth should tick up in January, and surveys suggest stabilisation ahead.
HOUSE PRICE INFLATION DIPS IN DECEMBER...
- ...BUT ACTIVITY IS ALREADY PICKING UP IN Q1
- In one line: Wet weather weighs on the Construction PMI in February, and sentiment will continue to remain weak in 2026.
- In one line: Car registrations will continue to rise over the course of 2026.
- The MPC’s hopes of hitting the inflation target will have to wait another year if commodity prices are sustained.
- So, we expect the MPC to wait until April to ease, and see only one rate cut this year.
- A quick end to the war would bring forward cuts, but a protracted conflict would mean no reductions this year.
- In one line:Sales growth jumps, hiring plans improve, and wage growth remains stubbornly strong.
- In one line: Growth rebounded in the new year and price pressures remain strong
- In one line: The manufacturing PMI suggests activity is stable, but surging energy prices will hit sentiment.
- In one line: Strong credit flows and falling saving suggest the UK was rebounding strongly in the New Year.
- In one line: The housing market remains stable according to Nationwide, but activity will strengthen over 2026.
- In one line: Consumers’ confidence should recover in 2026 as the fundamentals improve.
- We expect CPI inflation to decline to 2.9% in February, from 3.0% in January.
- A fall in motor fuel prices, slowing rent inflation, and a drop in live music and hotel prices drag inflation down.
- Commodity price rises mean inflation will sink to only 2.4% in June and rebound to 3.0% in September.
- Industrial production likely rebounded in January, since manufacturing activity continues to recover.
- Surging A&E attendances indicate upside risk to services output from healthcare activity.
- Output in the construction sector will fall again, as the wet weather dampened activity.
- We now expect a rate cut in April, compared to March previously, after another surge in commodity prices.
- Our forecast today is a holding position as we wait to see where gas prices settle at the end of the week.
- The Chancellor boosted her headroom in the Spring Statement, but bigger challenges await in the autumn.
- Energy-price rises, if sustained, would add 0.2-to-0.3pp to UK inflation in July, and 0.2pp at year-end.
- The market’s 50:50 probability of a March cut looks fair in these early hours after events in the Middle East.
- But two MPC rate cuts this year are unlikely if energy prices drive inflation to re-accelerate in H2 2026.
- Easing inflation expectations and a soft labour-market report seal a March rate cut...
- ...But the activity data remain solid, and business surveys point to sticky price pressures.
- So, we continue to expect just one more cut to Bank Rate this year.
