Publisher's Synopsis
This monthly compendium of statistics and articles on the UK economy contains data on UK economic accounts, prices, labour market, output and demand indicators, selected financial statistics, gross domestic product, consumer and wholesale price indices, households' final consumption expenditure, final expenditure prices index, visible and invisible trade balance, earnings, and regional and international economic indicators. Includes articles on national accounting, trade, wider economic issues, research and development statistics and international comparisons.
From October 1998 the national accounts data in Economic Trends is consistent with the European System of Accounts (ESA 95)
This issue includes:
Collective agreements and wages in the New Earnings Survey - a description of the incidence of collective agreements in the UK wage setting using the years 1998 through 2001 of the New Earnings Survey, by Sonia Pereira
Input-Output Analyses: Food Sector, 1992-2002 - an overview of the UK food sector together with statistics for 1992 to 2002, by Sanjiv Mahajan
