Quantitative Easing

The retail sales fall wipes out gains made in March and is another sign that the UK is back in recession.

UK firms pay a price with older workers who are forced to work as their savings and pensions dwindle in value.

Unemployment has fallen in March, defying expectations of a rise after news that the UK has re-entered recession.

In the latest European Fund Managers Survey from BofA Merrill Lynch investors have stayed calm in the hope that the European Central Bank will control the eurozone crisis with more QE.

Chancellor George Osborne and Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King should blame domestic austerity for recession and a lack of growth, says Barclays.

Chancellor George Osborne has suffered a downpour of bad economic news for the UK in recent months and there looks like no end to Britain's economic woes

Bank of England rate setters stay the course as they juggle high inflation and a weak economy.

The Bank of England (BoE) is expected to take a call on whether to extend its £325 billion quantitative easing to support the economy when it meets this week, as it cannot ignore Britain's above-target inflation even though official data shows the country is back into recession.

Manufacturing output in the UK surprised to the downside in April, as the exports orders of the country declined due to slowing eurozone economy, putting the British economy at a risk of prolonged recession.

Experts point to data, history in sceptical reading of ONS data on economic growth

Huge construction sector slump plunges UK into "double-dip" territory as the UK economy contracts for the second consecutive quarter.

Thinktank forecasts cost of living will rise at least 2.7 percent this year on back of high oil and commodity prices.

Spanish yields rise, shares wobble as investor tone changes

Pound surges on forex markets as key QE voice ends push for more stimulus

Unemployment rate has seen its first quarterly fall in a year, to 2.65m and a rate of 8.3 percent.

A Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey of fund managers found increasing concern over the state of French and other EU states' finances.

Report forecasts even lower growth for UK in 2012 than 'depressing' 2011 figure and blames businesses for hoarding cash rather than investing it.

Regional purchasing managers index data shows London's services sector and West Midlands manufacturing as the forces behind the UK economy's positive start to 2012.

Gold prices may hit record highs later this year due to volatility in the Middle East and persistent sovereign debt problems.

The April outlook for British Pound Sterling is expected to be resilient, mainly due to recent PMI data releases about services sector, construction and manufacturing of the UK economy and also struggling eurozone economy.

MPC's key lending rate unchanged for 37th consecutive month

Governor Mervyn King and the MPC face growth and inflation dilemma

Service sector growth builds on positive data from the construction, manufacturing sectors.

The British consumer confidence unexpectedly fell to a three-month low in March as Britons grew increasingly worried about the outlook for their finances and for the economy as a whole.

The Office for National Statistics has revised its growth figures down for the final quarter of 2011 - to an even bigger 0.3% contraction.

Britain's slow and steady economic growth helps it in avoiding recession, followed by upbeat data and last week's Greek debt restructuring. The Bank of England holds its asset purchase programme at £325 billion, as economists predicted 0.2 per cent growth in the current quarter.

Eurozone crisis following Greek default would put UK economic recovery at risk, says Bank of England.

Inflation at lowest point since November 2010.

£50bn QE 'printing money' programme to boost economy by buy up high-quality company assets, Monetary Policy Committee announces.

Labour leader warns UK faces class divide between well-paid top executives and ordinary workers unless banking system is reformed.