Economic forecasts

Business Confidence Monitor

ICAEW conducts one of the largest and most comprehensive monitors of UK business confidence and is unique in being based 100% on the opinions of finance professionals. ICAEW's UK Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) is a quarterly review of business confidence across all regions, sectors and sizes throughout the UK.

• Access the latest report

ICAEW publishes quarterly economic forecasts for the Middle East, produced by Oxford Economics, ICAEW’s partner and one of the world’s foremost advisory firms.

• Economic Insight: Middle East

Useful links

UK

Economic Outlook for Business
A quarterly UK forecast from Ernst & Young ITEM Club. The Club also publishes special reports on specific aspects of the economy, and a dedicated forecast for Scotland.

Forecasts for the UK economy
A monthly comparison of independent forecasts summarised by HM Treasury. A guide to GDP deflators, weekly economic indicators and other statistics is also available.

Key figures
The latest economic indicators from the Office for National Statistics. Figures are collated for prices and inflation, labour market, national accounts/economic activity, balance of payments and trade, and short term indicators like the indices of manufacturing, production and distribution.

London's Economy Today
A monthly publication from the Mayor of London's office providing the latest economic indicators for London and the UK.

Office for Budget Responsibility
The OBR produces independent forecasts and assessments of public finances and the UK economy. Their site includes an explanation of their research methodology.

Quarterly Economic Survey
London Chamber of Commerce & Industry quarterly survey which measures the business mood of firms in the capital.

RICS Economic Commentary
Market surveys and analyses from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) looking at the UK and European housing and property markets and international economic outlook.

The CityUK
The CityUK publishes a series of monthly global economic reports, produced in association with Oxford Economics.

UK Economic Outlook
A thrice-yearly forecast prepared by PwC.

Eurozone

European economic forecast
Forecasts are published by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (ECFIN). They cover economic developments at the aggregated level and prospects for individual countries.

Eurostat
The European Commission's statistics hub provides a wide variety of data including GDP growth rates, and other figures on economic trends. 

Eurozone Economic Outlook
Reports from Deloitte with analysis of regional economic trends.

International

You can also find economic forecasts within our country resource pages.

Consensus Economics
Fee-based service offering forecasts obtained from over 600 economists. Consensus provides monthly and cover estimates for major macroeconomic variables including growth, inflation, interest rates and exchange rates.

Economist Intelligence Unit
Economic analysis, forecasts and data for countries and regions provided on a subscription or pay-as-you-go basis.

National Institute Economic Review
Quarterly journal from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), giving detailed economic forecasts for the UK and Global economies. Some open access articles. Requires subscription. Published by Cambridge University Press. Previously published by Sage, who hold the back issues from 1959-2022.

Projections, Forecasts and Outlooks
Regular country-specific and industry-specific reports from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Oxford Economic Forecasting
Subscription service offering forecasts for the UK and global economies.

World Bank - Global Economic Prospects
As well as Global Economic Prospects, the World Bank also published a global monthly report, a Commodity Markets Outlook and regional outlooks

Further reading

• View a list of articles and books in our collection on economic forecasts

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