National Institute Economic Review articles from April 2000

National Institute Economic Review archives from April 2000

COMMENTARY.(Column)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Introduction The average of the growth rates for the UK economy, forecast for 2000 by independent forecasters, is currently 3.1 per cent; and in his Budget statement of 21 March the Chancellor of the Exchequer forecast growth of 2 3/4-3...

THE UK ECONOMY.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Garry Young [*] Section I. Recent developments and summary of the forecast One of the unusual features of the British economy in recent years has been the remarkable stability of inflation. RPIX inflation has not moved by more than...

THE WORLD ECONOMY.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Section 1. Recent economic developments Global economic activity has continued to gain momentum in recent months and a cyclical upturn is now clearly underway. The rate of growth of world GDP is projected to rise to just under 4 1/4 per...

LIVING STANDARDS IN BRITAIN 1900-2000: WOMEN'S CENTURY?(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Sara Horrell [*] Two composite measures are calculated to map improvements in living standards over the 20th century: the Dasgupta- Weale index and the Human Development Index. A gendered version of the latter is also considered....

1300 YEARS OF THE POUND STERLING.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Martin Weale [*] The article begins with an account of the way in which the value of the pound has changed over the last 1300 years or so. This is indicated in terms of silver and, for the last 7--800 years, also in terms of gold, wheat...

'THE GENEROUS UTOPIA OF YESTERDAY CAN BECOME THE PRACTICAL ACHIEVEMENT OF TOMORROW': 1000 YEARS OF MONETARY UNION IN EUROPE.
April 1, 2000... Luca Einaudi [*] Monetary unions have been a recurring element in European history, driven by the need to overcome obstacles to trade caused by the fragmentation of political authority. Between the 14th and the 19th centuries, a series of...

DOMESDAY ECONOMY: ANALYSIS OF THE ENGLISH ECONOMY EARLY IN THE SECOND MILLENNIUM.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... John McDonald [*] The Domesday Survey of 1086 provides high quality and detailed information on the outputs, inputs and tax assessments of most English manors. These data can be used to reconstruct the eleventh century Domesday economy....

MAIN ECONOMIC EVENTS - 1999.
April 1, 2000... January 1 Euro introduced. Participating countries are Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. The currency will be used for non-cash transactions until 2002 and by the...

Gross domestic product.(1992-1999: UK)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Gross domestic product [pounds] million, 1995 prices, seasonally adjusted Final consumption Gross capital Domestic Total ...

Output volumes.(1993-1999: UK)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Output volumes Seasonally adjusted 1995=100 GDP at basic prices Production industries Average Non-oil Manufac- Oil and ...

Monthly economic indicators.(1997-2000: UK)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Monthly economic indicators Seasonally adjusted GDP [a][b] Industrial Manu- Retail Unemploy- Unfilled prod- facturing sales [a] ment rate...

CBI Industrial Trends Survey: manufacturing.(UK)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... CBI Industrial Trends Survey: manufacturing Investment [a] Survey Business Capacity Export Output Prices date Buildings Plant and optimism optimism ...

UK labour market.(1993-1999)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... UK labour market Thousands Workforce jobs [a] Employee jobs Self Trainees Total Male Female Female...

Prices.(1993-1999: UK)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Prices Seasonally adjusted, 1995=100 National Accounts deflators GDP GDP Consumers' Public Fixed Exports at...

Companies.(financial statistics: 1993-1999 - UK)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Companies [pounds] million,seasonally adjusted Resources Uses Property income Operating...

Household sector.(financial issues: 1993-1999 - UK)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Household sector [pounds] million, seasonally adjusted Resources Uses Operating Net property Net Social Employee ...

Fixed investment and inventories.(1993-1999: UK)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Fixed investment and inventories Seasonally adjusted [pounds], 1995 prices Business investment Housing Manu- ...

Financial indicators.(1993-1999: UK)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Financial indicators Nominal Real inter- Exchange rates interest rates est rates Base Mortgage 20-year Cost of Effective ...

UK balance of payments.(1993-1999)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... UK balance of payments Seasonally adjusted, [pounds] million Total balance of payments Current balance Trade in goods Trade in services ...

Exports and imports.(1993-1999: UK)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Exports and imports Seasonally adjusted, 1995=100 Total goods Total services Exports Imports Exports Imports ...

Gross product and productivity in industrial countries and OECD.(1993-1999)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Gross product and productivity in industrial countries and OECD Seasonally adjusted, Index numbers, l994=100 Gross domestic product US Canada...

Unemployment in industrial countries and OECD.(1993-1999)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Unemployment in industrial countries and OECD Seasonally adjusted, per cent of total labour force By national definitions US Canada Japan France Germany Italy UK 1993 ...

Earnings and prices in OECD.(1993-1999: World)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Earnings and prices in OECD Index numbers, 1994=100, seasonally adjusted Average earnings Consumer (whole economy) [a] ...

Volume of exports.(1993-1999: World)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Volume of exports [a] Seasonally adjusted Index numbers, 1994=100 World [b] US Canada Japan France Germany Italy UK 1993 90 ...

Current balances and interest rates.(1993-1999: World)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Current balances and interest rates Current balance US $ billion US Canada Japan France Germany UK OPEC LDCs 1993 -85 -22 130 10 -11 -15...

Volume of imports.(1993-1999: World)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Volume of imports [a] Index numbers, 1994=100 World [b] US CANADA Japan France Germany Italy UK 1993 90 88 90 88 91 93 89 96 1994 ...

Competitiveness and commodity price.(1993-1999: World)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Competitiveness and commodity price Index numbers, 1994=100 Export price of manufacturers, 1994=100 Relative to World [a] world price [b] ...

Exchange rates.(1993-1999: World)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Exchange rates [a] SDR EUC [b] Gold [c] UK Canada Japan France [pounds] C$ Yen F.Franc US$ per unit ...