Supplement 23 Feb 25 - Inflation back to the REAL target

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This week in the ONLY agenda-free UK Property and Macroeconomic roundup:

The deep dive looks at a couple of reports that have been on my hit list for some time. One from the centre, and one from left of centre - firstly, the hotel of mum and dad; then the positive changes in housing circumstances for young people in Britain over the past decade (and my idea of irony on that subject). 

 

We also have, in the Macro section, in “mega week”:

 

The ONS Labour Market Report

INFLATION - and just how “Back” it is.

The flash PMIs, of course……

The gilts and swaps - a week that really could have been worse.

 

And in the deep dive......

 

The Institute for Fiscal Studies report entitled “Hotel of Mum and Dad” released last month looks specifically at the area of those aged 25-34 “co-living” with Mum and Dad, and how it varies, how it has changed in recent years, and some of the drivers of the changes. I get stuck into it. 

 

Then the Resolution Foundation, whilst really wanting to write an article about just how hard the younger working families on middle and low incomes have got it, found themselves forced to conclude that the past decade has meant steps forward, rather than steps backward, for this group of the population. I get stuck into that too!

 

What you know at the end is - as ever-present, we will be Keeping Calm and Carrying On throughout 2025 - job worries, inflation wobbles, a cratering manufacturing sector and Andrew Bailey’s warnings of weak growth - we need to Keep Calm and Carry On

 

Enjoy

 

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