London's Economy Today - Issue 71 - July 2008

The overview

• UK stock market enters a bear market as economic gloom mounts
• inflation on the rise
• construction industry badly hit as house prices continue to fall

Economic indicators

• London firms decreased their output of goods and services in June 2008
• the PMI of business activity recorded 46.4 in June compared to 50.9 in May
• annual house price inflation in London was –2.3% in Q2 2008, down from 5.6% in Q1 2008

Self-directed adult social care in London

• The Community Care Sector
• The Community Care Market
• Policy Instruments of Self-Directed Care

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