Business Diary: Economic Indicators - January 2012
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Industry Indicators
Construction industry output set to fall by 5% this year.
Start Date: 3rd January 2012
Eurozone manufacturing PMI was 46.9 for December 2011
UK mergers and acquisitions jump 11% to £229bn for 2011
Banks pay more than £160 million in compensation to customers in 2011
UK manufacturing PMI rises to 49.6 in December 2011.
Job opportunities up 17% up year-on-year for December 2011.
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Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index rises to 53.2 in December 2011
UK business profitability increases to an average of 12.9%
Services Business Activity Index up to 48.8 for December 2011
Lending to individuals rises by £1bn in November 2011
Industry Indicators
A total of 171 people were killed at work in the UK last year.
Start Date: 4th January 2012
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Services PMI for December 2011 rises to 54.0
Mortgage approvals rise to 52,854 in November
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UK car registrations fall 4.4% in 2011
House prices fall by 1.3% in 2011
9th
German exports increase by 8.3% year on year
Spending falls by 1.1% month-on-month in December 2011
Retail administrations increase to 183 in 2011
Business Activity - Risks
Reported fraud rises above £2bn in 2011
Migrant workers employment increase by 600,000 in last 8 years
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French industrial output rises by 1.1% in November 2011
An average of 15.4% of take home pay was used to make mortgage payments in 2011
UK retail sales up 2.2% in December 2011 against a year ago
Private sector pension deficit rises to £255bn at the end of 2011
11th
UK IPOs down 81% in value for Q4 2011 compared to Q3
UK goods-trade deficit increases to £8.64bn in November 2011
German GDP expanded 3% in 2011
12th
The 2012 Index of Economic Freedom has now been released
Economic Outlook
Plan to double e-commerce in Europe to 7% by 2015
Permanent job levels are continuing to decline.
Private equity buyouts in the north west rise to 26 in 2011
1.2% increase in third quarter of 2011 to 9.1m visitors.
Severe income inequality tops global risk in the 2012 report.
16th
House purchase lending in November 2011 rose 3%
Cost of retail crime rises by 31% to £1.4bn in 2011
UK producer prices fall in December 2011 by 0.2%
17th
UK inflation rate falls to 4.2% in December 2011.
18th
2012 growth forecast lowered to 1.4% for high-income countries
UK unemployment rises to 2.685m in November 2011
Self-employment figures rise to 4.14m in autumn 2011
Mortgages options increase from 2,527 to 3,180 in last year.
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Car production in the UK rises by 5.8% in 2011
The average cheapest annual car insurance premium rose by 15% in 2011 to £971
Overall crime in England and Wales falls by 4% in 2011
20th
Rental costs down 0.8% in England and Wales in December 2011.
Start Date: 20th January 2012
UK retail sales up 0.6% in December 2011.
23rd
Mortgage lending in December 2011 down 12% to £11.7bn.
Economic Outlook
Economic and employment gulf between UK cities widening.
24th
UK government's net debt rises above £1 trillion.
Industry Indicators
10,000 construction and manufacturers insolvent since 2010.
Lending to UK SMEs falls in Q4 2011.
25th
UK economy shrinks by 0.2% in last quarter of 2011.
Start Date: 25th January 2012
UK GDP per capita predicted to decline in 2012.
26th
Retail employment rises 0.5% year on year in Q4 2011.
Eurozone Manufacturing PMI rises to 50.4 in January 2012.
Graduate pay will rise by 4% this year according to recruiters.
Property Indexes
Mortgage lending major UK banks rises 12% year on year.
30th
UK steel output in 2011 up 0.8% year on year
Venture capital investments fall by a fifth in 2011
House repossessions up 20% to 16,600 in Q3 2011.
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Economic Outlook
200,000 homes at flood risk could face insurance problems.
