London's Economy Today - Issue 44 - April 2006

The overview

• oil prices hit record highs
• annual rate of UK economic growth picked up slightly in Q1 2006
• IMF expects world economy to remain strong in 2006

Economic indicators

• London firms continued to expand their output of goods and services in March 2006
• the PMI shows that new orders in London have increased continuously since May 2003
• annual house price growth in London increased to 5.1% in Q1 2006 from 2.4% in Q4 2005

Women, ethnicity and part-time work in London’s labour market

• research from the GLA’s Women in London’s Economy report
• work patterns for London women compared to women elsewhere in the UK
• two out of three women resident in London are of white ethnicity compared with nine out of ten women in the rest of the UK

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