CBI Economics: Insights

Your July guide to the UK economy, giving you a monthly overview of the major trends impacting the UK's main business sectors.

The additional bank holiday for the King’s Coronation reduced the number of working days in May and so lowered GDP accordingly, with GDP falling by 0.1%. This left output flat overall in the quarter to May. But a smaller-than-expected decline points to underlying resilience, in line with the CBI’s recent surveys.

We unpack recent developments in financial markets and what they mean for the economy and businesses.

We explore what our business surveys are telling us about the state of the economy.

Your quarterly guide to the UK economy; making sense of the key trends and what's driving them.

Your June guide to the UK economy, giving you a monthly overview of the major trends impacting the UK's main business sectors.

We examine the data on retail sales, and the implications for the sector.

We analyse what the data's telling us about inflation and the Bank of England's decision to raise interest rates again.

We take a look at the state of the public finances, and the implications for the economy and businesses.

We look at what new GDP and labour market statistics tell us about the economy.

CBI Lead Economist, Alpesh Paleja, looks at the road ahead for the UK economy.

We explore what our business surveys are telling us about the state of the economy.