United Kingdom Economic Indicators

Balance of Trade

Last: -7,026

Units In: GBP Million

The UK's trade balance has been in deficit since 1998, due to deficits in trade in goods which are partly offset by surpluses in trade in services. The level of total UK trade in goods as a proportion of total trade in goods and services has been gradually declining since 1986 after peaking at 75 pe...

Consumer Price Index CPI

Last: 138.4

Units In: Points

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Current Account to GDP

Last: -3.8

Units In: % of GDP

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GDP Annual Growth Rate

Last: 1.3

Units In: %

The United Kingdom is the sixth largest economy in the world and the second largest in Europe after Germany. The Services sector is the most important and accounts for 79 percent to total GDP. The biggest segments within Services are: government, education and health (19 percent of total GDP); real ...

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Government Debt to GDP

In the United Kingdom, benchmark interest rate is set by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The Bank of England official interest rate is the repo rate. This repo rate applies to open market operations of the Bank of England with a group of counterparties (banks, building societies, securities fir...

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New Orders

Last: 11,647

Units In: GBP Million

In the United Kingdom, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

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Currency

gbp/usd:0.734