ONS / Monthly / %
CPI
Definition
Headline consumer price inflation, measured year on year.
UK Macro Monitor
Key UK economic indicators from ONS, Bank of England, and OBR, with a Bloomberg headline stream for context.
Monitor
Live board
ONS / Monthly / %
CPIH
Definition
Consumer price inflation including owner occupiers' housing costs.
ONS / Monthly / %
Core CPIH
Definition
Underlying CPIH excluding energy, food, alcohol, and tobacco.
ONS / Monthly / %
Services CPI
Definition
Inflation in services, often used as a sticky domestic price-pressure gauge.
ONS / Monthly / %
Unemployment
Definition
Share of the labour force that is unemployed.
ONS / Monthly / m people
Employment
Definition
Number of people in employment, normalized from ONS thousands into millions.
ONS / Monthly / %
Pay
Definition
Regular pay growth excluding bonuses.
ONS / Quarterly / %
GDP
Definition
Quarterly UK real GDP growth.
ONS / Monthly / Index
Services
Definition
Monthly index tracking output across the services sector.
ONS / Monthly / Index
Manufacturing
Definition
Output index for the manufacturing sector.
ONS / Monthly / Index
Retail
Definition
Retail sales volume index.
ONS / Monthly / GBP millions
Exports
Definition
Total UK exports of goods and services.
ONS / Monthly / GBP millions
Imports
Definition
Total UK imports of goods and services.
ONS / Quarterly / GBP millions
Business Investment
Definition
Quarterly capital spending by businesses.
ONS / Quarterly / Index
Unit Labour Cost
Definition
Labour cost required to produce one unit of output.
ONS / Monthly / GBP millions
Net Borrowing
Definition
Monthly public sector net borrowing.
BoE / Daily / %
Bank Rate
Definition
The Bank of England's official policy rate.
BoE / Monthly / %
Short Gilt
Definition
Closest practical short-end proxy from the BoE database; this version uses the 5-year nominal zero-coupon gilt yield.
BoE / Monthly / %
10Y Gilt
Definition
10-year nominal zero-coupon gilt yield from the BoE database.
BoE / Monthly / %
Mortgage
Definition
Quoted 2-year fixed mortgage rate for households at 75% loan-to-value.
OBR / Yearly / GBP billions
Borrowing
Definition
OBR forecast for public sector net borrowing from the March 3, 2026 Economic and fiscal outlook.
OBR / Yearly / %
Net Debt
Definition
OBR forecast for public sector net debt excluding the Bank of England, shown as a share of GDP.
OBR / Yearly / %
GDP Forecast
Definition
Fiscal-year real GDP growth derived from the OBR annual real GDP path in the March 3, 2026 forecast workbook.
OBR / Yearly / %
CPI Forecast
Definition
Fiscal-year CPI inflation forecast from the March 3, 2026 OBR economy tables.