London’s Economy Today editorial – May 2026 May 28th, 2026 by Daryl Rozario, Jubair Ahmed, Gordon Douglass, Ali Ögcem, and Sixia Zhang UK inflation drops in April The latest data on Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that it slowed to 2.8% in the 12 months to April 2026, down from 3.3% in March (Figure 1). The slowdown in CPI inflation was below that expected by surveyed analysts who had expected it…
London macroeconomic scenarios (June 2025 update) June 26th, 2025 by Ali Ögcem GLA Economics published its latest macroeconomic scenarios-based forecast for London on 19th June. The two main outcome variables are real Gross Value Added (GVA) – a measure of London’s output – and workforce jobs (WFJ) – a measure of employment. We project both variables over the medium term (to the end of 2027). Further, we…
London macroeconomic scenarios (December 2024 update) December 19th, 2024 by Sixia Zhang GLA Economics published its latest macroeconomic scenarios-based forecast for London on 17th December. The two main outcome variables are real Gross Value Added (GVA) – a measure of London’s output – and workforce jobs (WFJ) – a measure of employment. We project both variables over the medium term (to the end of 2026). Further, we…
London’s Economy Today editorial – August 2023 August 31st, 2023 by Daryl Rozario, Gordon Douglass, Mike Hope and Jasmine Farquharson UK economy grew in the second quarter Data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that the UK economy grew marginally in the second quarter of 2023. Output increased by 0.2% between April and June 2023 after increasing by 0.1% in the previous quarter. However, despite this subdued growth UK GDP remains 0.2%…
London labour market projections 2022 – Interim update October 27th, 2022 by Nick Jacob London’s economy has generated employment at an unprecedented rate over the past 30 years, adding nearly 2m jobs since 1991. But what can we expect over the next 30 years? To help answer this question, GLA Economics has published an interim update of its long-term employment projections. This supplement provides an overview of the report,…
