May 6th 2014
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STATONOMICS
UK Growth 1.9% in 2013; 0.7% in Q4; 2.4% forecast for 2014;
Household debt: 137% of GDP
Spare capacity in economy: BoE says
1%-1.5%; OBR says 1.8% ;
£14mil/ hour rate at which UK gov is borrowing money; £1.25 trillion level of national debt
1.7% CPI inflation; 2.7% RPI;
House prices up 9.4% from Feb 2013 to Feb
2014; London prices up 12.3% in 2013
7.2% Unemployment; to fall to 6.6% this year
BoE Interest rate 0.5%; expect a rise to 2% by
2017;
UKs credit rating AAA-, Scottish credit rating
(without rest of UK) BBB- ; 39% pro Vs 46%
against Scottish independence; March
earnings up 1.1% in 2013;
10% gender pay gap;
number of 10% marginal seats at 2015 election 194 ; current poll 37.1% Labour, 32.5% Tories, 13.5% UKIP, 9.6% Lib Dem, 7.3% other;
29 age of youngest member of parliament, 82
age of the oldest;
£142,500 amount David Cameron gets paid,
Expenses paid to MPs over 2012-2013 £98.1 m ;
£28m amount paid to British Gas CEO last year