British retail sales picked up much more than forecast in October.
The survey by the Confederation of British Industry showed the sales balance jumped to +30 from +6 in September against analysts' forecast of +7.
The expected sales balance for November stood at +27.
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Lending to U.K. corporate firms will likely fall for the fourth year in a row, and hit a six-year low this year, implying that the government's measures to boost lending has had little impact, Earnest and Young's ITEM Club said in a report Monday.
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An index measuring the average asking price for a house in the United Kingdom eased 0.1 percent on month in October, property tracking website Hometrack said on Monday.
That was in line with expectations and unchanged from the rate of decline in September.
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Quotes from Standard Chartered:
-After a rebound in the UK's Q3 GDP growth, amplified by the Olympics and other temporary factors, attention will shift to the manufacturing PMI survey to gauge the outlook for Q4 growth.
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Britain's GDp rose by 1.0 pct between July and Sept after shrinking by 0.4 pct between April and June.
Q3 reading was boosted by ticket sales for the London Olympics and a rebound from the previous three months when an extra public holiday dented output.
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Jobless rate in the U.K. declined unexpectedly in the three months through August, to the lowest level in more than a year as the labor market absorbed record number of workers during the Olympics, data from the Office for National Statistics revealed Wednesday.
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The pound edged higher in early deals Wednesday after data showed that the unemployment rate in the U.K. declined unexpectedly and the Bank of England policymakers were unanimous in deciding to maintain quantitative easing and interest rate.
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Unemployment rate in the U.K. declined unexpectedly between June and August, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed Wednesday.
The jobless rate fell to 7.9 percent in the June-August period from 8.1 percent during March-May.
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Output price inflation in the UK accelerated unexpectedly in September, data released by the Office for National Statistics showed Tuesday.
The output price index for home sales of manufactured products rose 2.5 percent year-on-year in September, compared with a rise of 2.
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The Office for National Statistics is scheduled to publish U.K. consumer price figures at 4.30 am ET. Annual inflation is seen easing to 2.2 percent in September from 2.5 percent in August.
In the meantime, U.K. producer prices are due. Output price inflation is expected to remain unchanged at 2.
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The British economy is likely to contract this year amid "deeply disappointing' trade figures, while consumer demand will bounce back stronger than expected, a report from Ernst & Young ITEM Club revealed Monday.
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House prices in the United Kingdom increased in October, reversing much of the losses recorded in the summer, the latest survey by Rightmove showed Monday.
The average asking prices of a property in the U.K. rose 3.5 percent month-on-month in October to 243,168 pounds.
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The average asking price for a house in the United Kingdom climbed 3.5 percent on month in October, property tracking website Rightmove said on Monday - reversing the 0.6 percent monthly contraction in September.
On a yearly basis, house prices were up 1.5 percent, accelerating from the 0.
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