United Kingdom News, Economy & Financial Markets
MacroVar analyzes in real-time economic, financial and geopolitical developments for United Kingdom's economy and financial markets by monitoring financial, economic data and real-time news. To help you forecast and analyze economic and financial developments, our team provides you with free explanation of the theory and structure of our models and access to financial and economic data.
United Kingdom Markets Overview
Overview presents a real-time snapshot of financial and economic developments in United Kingdom. The British stock market, bonds, currency and credit market dynamics are analyzed along with Mexico macroeconomic dynamics.
| Symbol | Price | 1D% | M |
|---|---|---|---|
| FTSE 100 (FTSE) | 7737.38 | -0 | |
| British Pound US Dollar (GBP/USD) | 0.78 | 0 | |
| United Kingdom 10-Year Bond Yield | 4.02 | -1 | |
| UK 2-year bond yield | 4.23 | -0.7 | |
| manufacturing pmi | 46.4 | -2 | |
| services pmi | 52.7 | 4 |
| Symbol | Price | 1D% | M |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aviva Credit Default Swaps | 123.25 | 0 | |
| MacroVar UK Bank Risk | -1.24 | 0 | |
| RBS Credit Default Swaps | 76.25 | 0 | |
| Barclays PLC Credit Default Swaps | 0 | 0 | |
| HSBC Credit Default Swaps | 47.75 | 0 | |
| United Kingdom Credit Default Swaps | 34 | 0 | |
| FTSE 100 (FTSE) | 7737.38 | -0 | |
| iShares MSCI United Kingdom (EWU) | 33.73 | 1.1 | |
| British Pound US Dollar (GBP/USD) | 0.78 | 0 | |
| United Kingdom 10-Year Bond Yield | 4.02 | -1 | |
| UK 2-year bond yield | 4.23 | -0.7 | |
| UK Yield Curve | -0.21 | 7 | |
| UK POUND STERLING 1M FX | 6.98 | 0 | |
| EURO / UK POUND 1M FX | 4.19 | 0 | |
| BPVIX | 0 | 0 | |
| FLG UK 10Y Gilts | 99.06 | 0.3 | |
| UK 5-Year Bond Yield | 0 | 0 | |
| UK 2s5s | 0 | 0 |
| Symbol | Price | 1D% | M |
|---|---|---|---|
| business confidence | -15 | -350 | |
| car registrations | 141092 | -10 | |
| composite pmi | 51.7 | 2 | |
| construction pmi | 46.8 | 3 | |
| consumer confidence | -22 | -8 | |
| gdp growth annual | 0.3 | 0 | |
| housing index | 495.08 | 1 | |
| industrial production | 0.4 | -73 | |
| inflation cpi | 3.9 | -15 | |
| retail sales annual | 0.1 | -104 | |
| services pmi | 52.7 | 4 | |
| unemployment rate | 4.2 | 0 | |
| zew economic sentiment index | 60.4 | 69 | |
| Construction - Confidence | 0 | 0 | |
| Consumer - Confidence | 0 | 0 | |
| Manufacturing - Confidence | 0 | 0 | |
| Retail - Confidence | 0 | 0 | |
| Services - Confidence | 0 | 0 | |
| ESI - Economic Composite | 87.1 | 7 |
United Kingdom Real-Time News
Newsflow
| Time | Headlines | See All News >> |
|---|---|---|
| 08:11:27 | BoE sells £600.0 mln of bonds in auction; receives £909.6 mln bids. APF gilt sale operation cover ratio 1.52. | |
| 08:11:23 | BoE Breeden speech on 'Modernising the trains and rails of UK payments' | |
| 08:11:21 | UK Foreign Minister Cameron: We will consider more sanctions against Iran. | |
| 16:33:54 | UK Construction PMI March 2024 Full Report | |
| 16:33:53 | UK Construction PMI Actual 50.2 (Forecast 49.9, Previous 49.7) | |
| 16:33:48 | UK Halifax House Prices MoM Actual -1.0% (Forecast -, Previous 0.4%) | |
| 16:33:48 | UK Halifax House Prices YoY Actual 0.30% (Forecast -, Previous 1.71%) | |
| 16:33:19 | UK 2034 bond auction | |
| 16:33:18 | UK 10 Yr Gilt Yield Actual 4.015% (Forecast -, Previous 3.927%) | |
| 16:33:18 | UK 10 Yr Gilt Bid-to-Cover Actual 3.33 (Forecast -, Previous 3.61) | |
| 16:33:18 | UK businesses selling price expectations fall to 4.1% on three-month moving average in March, the lowest since Oct 2021 - BoE Survey. | |
| 16:33:18 | UK businesses wage growth expectations fall to 4.9% on three-month moving average in March, the lowest reading since June 2022 - BoE Survey. | |
| 16:33:17 | UK businesses CPI expectations fall to 4.1% on three-month moving average in March, the lowest since Oct 2021 - BoE Survey. | |
| 16:33:17 | UK Services PMI March 2024 Full Report | |
| 16:33:17 | UK Services PMI Final Actual 53.1 (Forecast 53.4, Previous 53.4) | |
| 16:33:17 | UK Composite PMI Final Actual 52.8 (Forecast 52.9, Previous 52.9) | |
| 15:21:09 | BoE allocates £5 million in a 6-month ILTR operation. | |
| 15:13:29 | The Bank of England auctions £750.0 million worth of bonds and receives bids totaling £1.57 billion, with the Asset Purchase Facility's gilt sale operation having a cover ratio of 2.09. | |
| 15:13:04 | Catherine Mann has been reinstated on the monetary policy committee of the Bank of England by the UK Government. | |
| 08:05:51 | The UK GDP growth for the latest month was 0.2%, in line with the forecast of 0.2% and an improvement from the previous month's -0.1%. | |
United Kingdom Economic Calendar
Economic calendar presents real-time updates for actual, forecasts and consensus values of economic indicators and updates related to the British economy.
| Time | Imp | Event | Actual | Forecast | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | UK Core Retail Sales YoY | 0.4% | 1% | -0.5% | |
| 09:00 | UK Core Retail Sales MoM | -0.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |
| 09:00 | UK Retail Sales MoM | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.0% | |
| 09:00 | UK Retail Sales YoY | 0.8% | 1% | -0.4% | |
| 13:00 | UK CBI Orders | - | -16 | -18 | |
| 13:00 | UK CBI Business Optimism | - | - | -3 | |
| 09:00 | UK Public Sector Net Borrowing | - | 8.8B | 7.477B | |
| 09:00 | UK PSNB ex Banks | - | - | 8.401B | |
| 11:30 | UK Composite PMI Flash | - | 52.6 | 52.8 | |
| 11:30 | UK Mfg PMI Flash | - | 50.4 | 50.3 | |
| 11:30 | UK Services PMI Flash | - | 53 | 53.1 | |
| 02:01 | UK GfK Consumer Confidence | - | -20 | -21 | |
| 13:00 | UK CBI Distributive Trades | - | 5 | 2 |
United Kingdom Financial Markets
MacroVar analytics monitors the following United Kingdom financial markets. MacroVar models monitor a vast of financial and macroeconomic factors affecting each financial market. Click on a specific financial market to get detailed analysis.
| Market | Symbol | Last | Mom | Trend | Exh | RSI | 1D% | 1W% | 1M% | 1Y% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTSE 100 | FTSE | 7489.84 | 1 | -0.5 | -0.50264 | 52.664 | -0.00308 | 0.00464 | 0.01077 | -0.00081 |
| United Kingdom ETF | EWU | 30.64 | -1 | -1 | -2.07959 | 40.3195 | 0.00459 | -0.00325 | -0.00713 | 0.09272 |
| British Pound US Dollar (GBP/USD) | GBPUSD | 0.8193 | -0.5 | 1 | 0.82699 | 50.2864 | -0.0045 | -0.00631 | -0.00122 | -0.02777 |
| FLG UK 10Y Gilts | FLG | 94.52 | 0.5 | -0.5 | -0.79694 | 57.6326 | 0.00961 | 0.02228 | 0.01722 | -0.07424 |
| United Kingdom 10-Year Bond Yield | GB.10Y | 4.388 | -0.5 | 0.25 | 0.69796 | 41.3309 | -0.02467 | -0.04754 | -0.03497 | 0.30401 |
| UK 5-Year Bond Yield | UK.5Y | 4.707 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1.32987 | 55.5457 | -0.00633 | 0.05255 | 0.06686 | 0.46636 |
| UK 2-year bond yield | UK.2Y | 4.747 | 0 | 0 | 0.59299 | 48.6679 | -0.01187 | -0.01759 | 0.02394 | 0.54928 |
| UK Yield Curve | UK.YC | -0.27 | 0.5 | 1 | 1.45835 | 46.8504 | 0.24424 | 0.07143 | 0.65644 | 3.15384 |
| United Kingdom Credit Default Swaps | CDS.UK | 36 | 0.5 | 1 | 2.02117 | 56.6235 | 0 | -0.0137 | 0.01408 | 0.33333 |
United Kingdom Macroeconomic Indicators
MacroVar analytics monitors the following United Kingdom's economic indicators. Click on a specific macroeconomic indicator to get detailed analysis.
| Indicator | Symbol | Actual | Previous | M/M% | Y/Y% | Trend | Slope | Percentile | Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| balance of trade | uk.balanceoftrade | -1574 | -2697 | -42 | 0 | UP | Down | 67 | 2023-11-30 |
| bank lending rate | uk.banks.lendingrate | 6 | 6 | 0 | 167 | UP | UP | 0 | 2023-07-31 |
| banks balance sheet | uk.banks.bs | 4371020 | 4352520 | 0 | -1 | Down | Down | 23 | 2024-02-29 |
| business confidence | uk.bizconfidence | -3 | -15 | -80 | -108 | UP | Down | 40 | 2024-06-30 |
| capacity utilization | uk.caputilization | 73.9 | 64.5 | 15 | -13 | Down | Down | 5 | 2020-12-31 |
| capital flows | uk.capitalflows | 7277 | 25858 | -72 | -84 | Down | Down | 20 | 2023-12-31 |
| car registrations | uk.carregistrations | 317786 | 84886 | 274 | 10 | UP | UP | 63 | 2024-03-31 |
| central bank balance sheet | uk.cb.assets | 922605 | 923847 | -0 | -2 | Down | Down | 77 | 2027-07-31 |
| composite pmi | uk.comppmi | 52.9 | 52.1 | 2 | 9 | UP | UP | 82 | 2024-01-31 |
| construction pmi | uk.constrpmi | 50.2 | 49.7 | 1 | -1 | UP | Down | 60 | 2024-03-31 |
| consumer confidence | uk.consconfidence | -21 | -19 | 11 | -45 | UP | UP | 22 | 2024-02-29 |
| consumer price index cpi | uk.cpi | 133 | 132.26 | 1 | 3 | UP | UP | 50 | 2024-03-31 |
| core inflation rate | uk.coreinflationrate | 4.2 | 4.5 | -7 | -32 | Down | Down | 8 | 2023-03-31 |
| core Producer Price Index | uk.coreproducerprices | 135.2 | 134.8 | 0 | 0 | UP | Down | 11 | 2024-03-31 |
| current account | uk.currentaccount | -21177 | -18524 | 14 | -19 | Down | UP | 36 | 2023-12-31 |
| current account to gdp | uk.currentaccountgdp | -3.3 | -3.1 | 6 | 83 | UP | Down | 75 | 2023-01-31 |
| deposit interest rate | uk.depositrate | 4.25 | 4.25 | 0 | 325 | UP | UP | 0 | 2023-07-31 |
| exports | uk.exports | 71133 | 71239 | -0 | 3 | UP | UP | 39 | 2024-02-29 |
| external debt | uk.externaldebt | 7572360 | 7553720 | 0 | 4 | UP | UP | 32 | 2023-12-31 |
| foreign direct investment | uk.fdi | -1020 | -3935 | -74 | -239 | Down | Down | 28 | 2023-12-31 |
| foreign exchange reserves | uk.fxreserves | 186403 | 183952 | 1 | 0 | UP | UP | 31 | 2024-03-31 |
| gdp | uk.gdp | 3070.67 | 3131.38 | -2 | 24 | UP | UP | 0 | 2022-12-31 |
| Real GDP | uk.realgdp | 566626 | 568397 | -0 | 4 | UP | UP | 39 | 2024-06-30 |
| gdp growth | uk.gdpgrowth | 0.2 | 0.3 | -33 | -99 | Down | Down | 30 | 2023-09-30 |
| gdp growth annual | uk.gdpgrowthan | -0.2 | 0.2 | -200 | -97 | Down | UP | 32 | 2024-03-31 |
| gold reserves | uk.goldres | 310.29 | 310.3 | 0 | 0 | Down | Down | 58 | 2020-09-30 |
| government budget | uk.govbudget | -4.2 | -5 | -16 | -42 | UP | UP | 42 | 2023-12-31 |
| Government budget | uk.govbudgetvalue | -8401 | 16691 | -150 | -30 | UP | UP | 38 | 2024-02-29 |
| government debt | uk.govdebt | 2659.4 | 2647.3 | 0 | 6 | UP | UP | 26 | 2024-02-29 |
| government debt to gdp | uk.govdebtgdp | 97.1 | 96.6 | 1 | 33 | UP | UP | 0 | 2023-12-31 |
| government revenues | uk.govrev | 94782 | 117503 | -19 | 17 | UP | UP | 82 | 2024-03-31 |
| housing index | uk.housingindex | 497.36 | 502.38 | -1 | 0 | UP | UP | 13 | 2024-03-31 |
| housing starts | uk.housingstarts | 19080 | 21190 | -10 | -55 | Down | Down | 5 | 2023-12-31 |
| imports | uk.imports | 73424 | 73444 | -0 | 1 | Down | UP | 38 | 2024-02-29 |
| industrial production | uk.indproduction | 1.4 | 0.3 | 367 | -152 | UP | UP | 42 | 2024-02-29 |
| industrial production mom | uk.indproductionmm | 1.1 | -0.3 | -467 | -1200 | UP | UP | 0 | 2024-02-29 |
| inflation cpi | uk.inflationcpi | 3.2 | 3.4 | -6 | -68 | Down | Down | 12 | 2024-03-31 |
| interbank rate | uk.interbankrate | 5.48 | 5.47 | 0 | 0 | Down | Down | 18 | 2023-08-15 |
| interest rate | uk.interestrate | 5.25 | 5 | 5 | 200 | UP | UP | 70 | 2023-08-03 |
| lending rate | uk.lendingrate | 4.75 | 4.75 | 0 | 217 | UP | UP | 78 | 2023-07-31 |
| loans to private sector | uk.loanprivate | 2694560 | 2674290 | 1 | 2 | UP | UP | 42 | 2023-03-31 |
| long term unemployment rate | uk.ltunemploymentrate | 0.9 | 0.8 | 12 | -25 | Down | Down | 35 | 2020-03-31 |
| Manufacturing PMI | uk.manpmi | 50.3 | 47.5 | 6 | 5 | UP | UP | 71 | 2024-04-30 |
| money supply m0 | uk.msm0 | 94941 | 95042 | -0 | 1 | UP | UP | 50 | 2024-03-31 |
| money supply m1 | uk.msm1 | 2212850 | 2209800 | 0 | -7 | Down | Down | 12 | 2024-02-29 |
| money supply m2 | uk.msm2 | 3009820 | 3004180 | 0 | -3 | Down | Down | 7 | 2024-02-29 |
| money supply m3 | uk.msm3 | 3507390 | 3499140 | 0 | -3 | Down | Down | 8 | 2024-02-29 |
| Producer Price Index | uk.producerprices | 137 | 136.7 | 0 | 1 | UP | UP | 43 | 2024-03-31 |
| PPI Index | uk.producerpricesch | 0.6 | 0.4 | 50 | -93 | Down | Down | 52 | 2024-03-31 |
| retail sales MoM | uk.retailsales | 0 | 3.6 | -100 | -100 | UP | Down | 0 | 2024-02-29 |
| retail sales | uk.retailsalesan | -0.4 | 0.5 | -180 | -89 | UP | UP | 45 | 2024-02-29 |
| services pmi | uk.servpmi | 53.4 | 53.8 | -1 | -0 | UP | Down | 63 | 2024-02-29 |
| unemployment rate | uk.unemploymentrate | 4.2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | UP | UP | 79 | 2024-02-29 |
| youth unemployment rate | uk.ytunemploymentrate | 11 | 10.2 | 8 | 2 | Down | UP | 48 | 2024-01-31 |
| zew economic sentiment index | uk.zewsentiment | 60.4 | 35.8 | 69 | -203 | UP | UP | 12 | 2021-03-28 |
| UK RICS House Price | uk.rics | -39 | -43 | -9 | -149 | Down | Down | 40 | 2023-04-30 |
| Construction sector | uk.esi.constr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Down | Down | 0 | 2023-06-30 |
| Consumer sector | uk.esi.cons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Down | Down | 0 | 2023-06-30 |
| Manufacturing sector | uk.esi.man | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Down | Down | 0 | 2023-06-30 |
| Retail sector | uk.esi.ret | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Down | Down | 0 | 2023-06-30 |
| Services sector | uk.esi.serv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Down | Down | 0 | 2023-06-30 |
| ESI - Economic Composite | uk.esi.conf | 87.1 | 81.5 | 7 | -3 | UP | Down | 56 | 2020-12-31 |