Blog posts tagged "GDP"

April 25, 2012 10:45 am 18 Comments

In the end, it wasn’t marginal. This morning GDP figures show Britain clearly back in recession, the dreaded double dip, with GDP in key one at -0.2 per cent.

January 25, 2012 3:36 pm 7 Comments

The UK is probably in recession already, but the growth of the economy since the Oct 2010 spending review is just one tenth of government predictions at the time.

June 6, 2011 1:06 pm 10 Comments

Faisal Islam on the subtle change in the Chancellor's stance on an economic "Plan B" - and the 400,000 jobs George Osborne says the media is not reporting.

April 28, 2011 4:02 pm 2 Comments

My report yesterday on the GDP figures and Krishnan's rather robust interview of the Chief Secretary of the Treasury has elicited some viewer feedback, and not just about my hard hat. Some correspondents felt we were talking down the economy by "arbitrarily" looking at the flat economy since the end of September, rather than 0.5 per cent growth in Q1 of this year.

April 27, 2011 12:04 pm 7 Comments

Can the economy's slow growth really be blamed on the harsh winter weather? Economics Editor Faisal Islam looks behind the headlines?

February 15, 2011 11:21 am 9 Comments

Economics Editor Faisal Islam analyses the latest inflation figures and says an interest rate rise is likely in four or five months

January 28, 2011 7:25 pm 6 Comments

The Chancellor tells our Economics Editor that to pull out of the austerity plan would be to plunge Britain back into "the financial danger zone" - so no Plan B, but maybe a slower Plan A.

January 25, 2011 3:39 pm 20 Comments

Our Economics Editor writes that the GDP figures are much worse than expected - and could pave the way for Britain to enter the second stage of a double-dip recession

July 23, 2010 10:51 am 5 Comments

An incredible, unexpected economic surprise. And for once, a positive one, as GDP growth in the second quarter obliterates all expectations, writes Economics Editor Faisal Islam.

April 23, 2010 2:29 pm 14 Comments

Faisal Islam blogs on how today's GDP figure will have a big role to play in next week's leaders' debate on the economy - and possibly the party campaigns.