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        The UK Economy in Black and White
        2005 - 2015 Forecasts
GDP
  Inflation CPI
  Earnings - whole economy
  Unemployment - claimant count
                                  The UK Economy in Black and White
                                  2005 - 2015 Forecasts
  Unemployment - LFS basis
  Base Rates
  Ten Year Gilts
  Oil Price - Brent crude
  PSNBR £
  PSNBR %
  Manufacturing
  Retail Sales
  On line sales
  Trade in Goods
  Trade in Services
  Overall Balance
  House Prices
  Exchange Rates




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Exogenous Assumptions : Growth in China - USA recovery - no Euro collapse               February 2013
World GDP




                                           The trend rate of growth is 2.7%


Data from World
Bank, OECD and
                                                           % change year on year
IMF


   The UK Economy in Black and White JKA                  February 2013
World GDP


                           2011    2012    2013   2014    2015
                  World    2.7      2.3    2.4    3.1     3.3
                   Euro    1.5     -0.4    -0.1   0.9     1.4
                   USA     1.8      2.2    2.5    2.8     3.0
                  China    9.3      7.9    8.4    8.0     7.9
                  Japan    -0.7     1.9    0.8    1.2     1.5


                  Brazil   2.7      0.9    3.4    4.1     4.0
                  Russia   4.3      3.5    3.6    3.9     3.8
                   India   6.9      5.1    6.1    6.8     7.0


                  Turkey   8.5      2.9    4.0    4.5     5.0
              Indonesia    6.5      6.1    6.3    6.6     6.6
                  Mexico   3.9      4.0    3.3    3.6     3.6


Data from World
Bank, OECD and
                                                         % change year on year
IMF


   The UK Economy in Black and White JKA                 February 2013
World Trade
                                            The trend rate of growth is 5.5%
                                            Trade Multiplier 2.0




                                                              2012    2013   2014   2015
                                                    OBR       3.0     4.4    5.9
                                                   Estimate   2.5     5.5    6.5     6.7




Data from World Bank
and Netherlands World
Trade Data                                                           % change year on year

    The UK Economy in Black and White JKA                            February 2013
UK GDP




                                        % change year on year

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
UK GDP

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                                                                           Output Gap
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                              R   at
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UK Inflation CPI




                                        % change year on year

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
UK Inflation RPI




                                        % change year on year

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
UK Inflation Manufacturing Prices (O)




                                          % change year on year

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA     February 2013
UK Inflation Manufacturing Prices (I)




                                           % change year on year

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA      February 2013
UK Earnings




                                        % change year on year

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
UK Real Earnings (CPI basis)




                                        % change year on year

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
UK Unemployment - claimant count




                                                    000s

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA       February 2013
UK Unemployment - LFS basis 000




                                                   000s

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA       February 2013
UK Unemployment - LFS basis %




The UK Economy in Black and White JKA       February 2013
Interest Rates - UK Base rate




The UK Economy in Black and White JKA    February 2013
Interest Rates - Ten Year Gilt Rates




The UK Economy in Black and White JKA          February 2013
Oil Prices - Brent Crude $




The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
Government Borrowing PSNBR £




                                        excludes pension fund and gilt transfers   £000

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA                                       February 2013
Government Borrowing PSNBR % GDP




                                             % GDP

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
Government Borrowing £million

      2005/6   2006/7   2007/8   2008/9   2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15

       35.1     35.8     36.4     44.5     53.1    60.4    66.8    72.3    75.9    78.1
        %        of     GDP




The UK Economy in Black and White JKA                                                       February 2013
Manufacturing %                  GDP(O) Q4




                                         % change year on year

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
Construction %                  GDP(O) Q4




                                         % change year on year

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
Service Sector %                                                               GDP(O) Q4
                                        Distribution      Transport      Business    Non Govt      Govt
                              2009          -4.3             -6.1          -3.7        -4.3         2.7
                              2010           1.4             1.4           0.8         1.1          0.6
                              2011           0.9             0.9           1.8         1.4          1.0
                              2012           0.7             0.7           1.3         1.0          2.0
                                        Hotels Leisure   Storage,Comms   Financial




                                                                                        % change year on year

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA                                                  February 2013
Retail Sales




                                        % change year on year

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
UK Car Sales Million




                                        % change year on year

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
Retail Sales - online




                                        % of total retail sales

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
Trade in Goods Deficit £ billions




                                          £ billions chain linked series

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA          February 2013
Trade in Services Surplus £ billions




                                           £ billions chain linked series

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA           February 2013
Trade in Goods and Services £ billions




                                          £ billions chain linked series

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA          February 2013
House Prices - UK




                                        % change on prior year

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
House Prices - UK




                                        % change on prior year

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
Mortgage Activity - UK



                                        £ Billions




The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
Nationwide House Price Index




The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
Mortgage Activity - UK




                                        % change on prior year

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
Mortgage Activity - UK




The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
Mortgage Activity - UK




The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
Mortgage Activity - UK




The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
Mortgage Activity - UK




The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
Exchange Rates




The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
Exchange Rates




The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
Exchange Rates
  Sterling is expected to hold against the dollar
  and appreciate slightly against the Euro as
  interest rate spreads narrow and Euroland
  worries persist

  Further dollar weakness against the Renminbi is
  expected.


           2007      2008     2009      2010        2011    2012    2013    2014    2015
   £:$      2.00      1.85     1.57     1.55        1.61    1.58    1.56    1.56    1.56
   £:€      1.46      1.26     1.12     1.17        1.15    1.23    1.26    1.28    1.28
   £: ¥    235.6     191.3    146.9     136.1       128.6   126.5   112.3   107.6   103.1
   $: €     1.37      1.47     1.40     1.32        1.39    1.28    1.25    1.22    1.22
    ¥:$    117.8     103.4     93.6     87.8        79.9    79.8    72.0    69.0    66.1
  Yuan:$    7.61      6.95     6.83     6.77        6.47    6.47    6.25    6.00    5.75
  ¥:Yuan   15.48     14.88    13.70     12.96       12.35   11.59   11.52   11.50   11.49




The UK Economy in Black and White JKA                                         February 2013
Exchange Rates




The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
Exchange Rates




The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
Exchange Rates




The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
Stock Market Dividend Payments UK
         £ billions




          e       e                     f      f    f

The UK Economy in Black and White JKA       February 2013
Greater Manchester GVA 000




The UK Economy in Black and White JKA   February 2013
GDP
  Inflation CPI
  Earnings - whole economy
  Unemployment - claimant count
  Unemployment - LFS basis
  Base Rates
  Ten Year Gilts
  Oil Price - Brent crude
  PSNBR £
  PSNBR %
  Manufacturing

                             The UK Economy in Black and White
  Retail Sales
  On line sales
  Trade in Goods
  Trade in Services
  Overall Balance            2005 - 2015 Forecasts
  House Prices
  Exchange Rates
                                                                            The material is based upon information which we
                                                                            consider to be reliable but we do not represent that
                                                                            it is accurate or complete and it should not be relied
                        John   Ashcroft  is   Chief    Executive of         upon as such. We accept no liability for errors, or
                        pro.manchester, a director of Marketing             omissions of opinion or fact.
                        Manchester and a visiting professor at MMU
                        Business School specialising in Macro               In particular, no reliance should be placed on the
                        Economics and Corporate Strategy.                   comments or trends in financial markets. The
                                                                            publication of this document should not be
                        Educated at the London School of Economics          construed as the giving of investment advice.
                        and London Business School with a PhD in
                        macro economics from MMU.
                                                                            www.johnashcroft.co.uk
Exogenous Assumptions : Growth in China - USA recovery - no Euro collapse                               February 2013

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    sponsored by Economics Update Dr John Ashcroft The UK Economy in Black and White 2005 - 2015 Forecasts
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    GDP InflationCPI Earnings - whole economy Unemployment - claimant count The UK Economy in Black and White 2005 - 2015 Forecasts Unemployment - LFS basis Base Rates Ten Year Gilts Oil Price - Brent crude PSNBR £ PSNBR % Manufacturing Retail Sales On line sales Trade in Goods Trade in Services Overall Balance House Prices Exchange Rates John Ashcroft .co.uk Exogenous Assumptions : Growth in China - USA recovery - no Euro collapse February 2013
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    World GDP The trend rate of growth is 2.7% Data from World Bank, OECD and % change year on year IMF The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    World GDP 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 World 2.7 2.3 2.4 3.1 3.3 Euro 1.5 -0.4 -0.1 0.9 1.4 USA 1.8 2.2 2.5 2.8 3.0 China 9.3 7.9 8.4 8.0 7.9 Japan -0.7 1.9 0.8 1.2 1.5 Brazil 2.7 0.9 3.4 4.1 4.0 Russia 4.3 3.5 3.6 3.9 3.8 India 6.9 5.1 6.1 6.8 7.0 Turkey 8.5 2.9 4.0 4.5 5.0 Indonesia 6.5 6.1 6.3 6.6 6.6 Mexico 3.9 4.0 3.3 3.6 3.6 Data from World Bank, OECD and % change year on year IMF The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    World Trade The trend rate of growth is 5.5% Trade Multiplier 2.0 2012 2013 2014 2015 OBR 3.0 4.4 5.9 Estimate 2.5 5.5 6.5 6.7 Data from World Bank and Netherlands World Trade Data % change year on year The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    UK GDP % change year on year The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    UK GDP UK GDP (O) Index R 2.4 % LT Output Gap 11% te 1.0% Trend Ra % e 2. 9 R at d en Tr % change year on year The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    UK Inflation CPI % change year on year The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    UK Inflation RPI % change year on year The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    UK Inflation ManufacturingPrices (O) % change year on year The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    UK Inflation ManufacturingPrices (I) % change year on year The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    UK Earnings % change year on year The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    UK Real Earnings(CPI basis) % change year on year The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    UK Unemployment -claimant count 000s The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    UK Unemployment -LFS basis 000 000s The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    UK Unemployment -LFS basis % The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Interest Rates -UK Base rate The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Interest Rates -Ten Year Gilt Rates The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Oil Prices -Brent Crude $ The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Government Borrowing PSNBR£ excludes pension fund and gilt transfers £000 The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Government Borrowing PSNBR% GDP % GDP The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Government Borrowing £million 2005/6 2006/7 2007/8 2008/9 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 35.1 35.8 36.4 44.5 53.1 60.4 66.8 72.3 75.9 78.1 % of GDP The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Manufacturing % GDP(O) Q4 % change year on year The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Construction % GDP(O) Q4 % change year on year The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Service Sector % GDP(O) Q4 Distribution Transport Business Non Govt Govt 2009 -4.3 -6.1 -3.7 -4.3 2.7 2010 1.4 1.4 0.8 1.1 0.6 2011 0.9 0.9 1.8 1.4 1.0 2012 0.7 0.7 1.3 1.0 2.0 Hotels Leisure Storage,Comms Financial % change year on year The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Retail Sales % change year on year The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    UK Car SalesMillion % change year on year The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Retail Sales -online % of total retail sales The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Trade in GoodsDeficit £ billions £ billions chain linked series The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Trade in ServicesSurplus £ billions £ billions chain linked series The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Trade in Goodsand Services £ billions £ billions chain linked series The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    House Prices -UK % change on prior year The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    House Prices -UK % change on prior year The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Mortgage Activity -UK £ Billions The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Nationwide House PriceIndex The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Mortgage Activity -UK % change on prior year The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Mortgage Activity -UK The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Mortgage Activity -UK The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Mortgage Activity -UK The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Mortgage Activity -UK The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Exchange Rates The UKEconomy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Exchange Rates The UKEconomy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Exchange Rates Sterling is expected to hold against the dollar and appreciate slightly against the Euro as interest rate spreads narrow and Euroland worries persist Further dollar weakness against the Renminbi is expected. 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 £:$ 2.00 1.85 1.57 1.55 1.61 1.58 1.56 1.56 1.56 £:€ 1.46 1.26 1.12 1.17 1.15 1.23 1.26 1.28 1.28 £: ¥ 235.6 191.3 146.9 136.1 128.6 126.5 112.3 107.6 103.1 $: € 1.37 1.47 1.40 1.32 1.39 1.28 1.25 1.22 1.22 ¥:$ 117.8 103.4 93.6 87.8 79.9 79.8 72.0 69.0 66.1 Yuan:$ 7.61 6.95 6.83 6.77 6.47 6.47 6.25 6.00 5.75 ¥:Yuan 15.48 14.88 13.70 12.96 12.35 11.59 11.52 11.50 11.49 The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Exchange Rates The UKEconomy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Exchange Rates The UKEconomy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Exchange Rates The UKEconomy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Stock Market DividendPayments UK £ billions e e f f f The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    Greater Manchester GVA000 The UK Economy in Black and White JKA February 2013
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    GDP InflationCPI Earnings - whole economy Unemployment - claimant count Unemployment - LFS basis Base Rates Ten Year Gilts Oil Price - Brent crude PSNBR £ PSNBR % Manufacturing The UK Economy in Black and White Retail Sales On line sales Trade in Goods Trade in Services Overall Balance 2005 - 2015 Forecasts House Prices Exchange Rates The material is based upon information which we consider to be reliable but we do not represent that it is accurate or complete and it should not be relied John Ashcroft is Chief Executive of upon as such. We accept no liability for errors, or pro.manchester, a director of Marketing omissions of opinion or fact. Manchester and a visiting professor at MMU Business School specialising in Macro In particular, no reliance should be placed on the Economics and Corporate Strategy. comments or trends in financial markets. The publication of this document should not be Educated at the London School of Economics construed as the giving of investment advice. and London Business School with a PhD in macro economics from MMU. www.johnashcroft.co.uk Exogenous Assumptions : Growth in China - USA recovery - no Euro collapse February 2013