UK Economic Indicators

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UK Economic Indicators

Rates    Date Change
Base Rate 0.52 Jun 5, 2009 +2.00 bps
Yield Curve     May 17, 2012  
LIBOR Yield Curve     May 10, 2012  
Official Bank Rate 0.50 Mar 5, 2009 -50.00 bps
Sterling Overnight Index Average 0.4208 Jun 8, 2009 +0.25 bps
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Employment    Date Change
Average Earnings Index (Change) 2.6 Jul 2010
Claimant Count 1,590,000 Apr 2012 -0.87 %
Claimant Count (Change) -14,000 Apr 2012
Quarterly Unemployment Rate 8.2 Q1 2012 -0.10 
Unemployment Rate 8.2 Mar 2012 -0.10 
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GDP    Date Change
Debt to GDP 74.0 Jan 2013 +7.40 %
Gross Domestic Product (Change) -0.2 Q1 2012
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Business    Date Change
Index of Production (Change) -0.2 Mar 2012
Retail Sales Index 103.5 Mar 2012 +1.77 %
Retail Sales Index (Annual Change) 1.9 Mar 2012
Retail Sales Index (Monthly Change) 0.8 Mar 2012
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Indices    Date Change
Consumer Price Index (Annual Change) 3.5 Mar 2012
Consumer Price Index (Monthly Change) 0.3 Mar 2012
Effective Exchange Rate Index 83.7 May 17, 2012 -0.50 %
Producer Price Index Input (Annual Change) 1.2 Apr 2012
Producer Price Index Input (Monthly Change) -1.5 Apr 2012
Producer Price Index Output (Annual Change) 3.3 Apr 2012
Producer Price Index Output (Monthly Change) 0.7 Apr 2012
Retail Price Index (Annual Change) 3.6 Mar 2012
Retail Price Index (Monthly Change) 0.4 Mar 2012
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International    Date Change
Current Account -8.5 Q4 2011 +19.63 %
Trade Balance -2.7 Mar 2012 +7.09 %
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Stocks    Date Change
FTSE 100 Index 5,338.40 May 17, 2012 -1.24 %
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The United Kingdom (U.K.) is the third-largest economy in Europe and its gross domestic product (GDP), at over $2.6 trillion USD, is the seventh largest in the world. Services (especially financial services) by themselves account for a large percentage of the U.K. GDP. Among the various financial centers around the world, the largest amount of foreign exchange trading takes place in the United Kingdom’s London Exchange, even though the pound sterling (GBP) is less widely traded in the market than several other currencies.