London's Economy Today - Issue 63 - November 2007

The overview

• London’s economy set to slow down in 2008
• retail sales growth expected to slow
• house price inflation starting to moderate but may not cause a slump in consumption

Economic indicators

• London firms continued to expand their output of goods and services in October 2007.
• the PMI for new orders recorded 56.8 in October compared to 57.8 in September
• annual house price inflation in London was 16.5% in Q3 2007, up from 15.7% in Q2 2007

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• inequality
• accessibility and transport
• environment

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