- The document provides an economic outlook and forecast for the UK economy in Q1 2016. - GDP growth is forecast to be 2.6% in 2016, up from 2.2% in 2015. Growth will be led by the services sector. - Inflation is expected to average 0.3% over 2016 as commodity and oil prices remain low. Unemployment will continue falling.

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UK Economic Outlook March 2016 Page 1
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UK Economic Outlook
Q1 2016 (March Edition)
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UK Economic Outlook March 2016 Page 2
Growth in 2015 was 2.2% down from 2.9% in
2014. We expect growth of 2.6% in 2016 …
In this March economics update we forecast world growth of 3.2% in 2016 up from 3.1% in 2015. UK Inflation will
average just 0.3%, CPI basis, over the balance of the year 2016. Unemployment will continue to fall, government
borrowing will also fall. The service sector will lead the recovery as manufacturing and construction output also rise.
We are forecasting a modest increase in manufacturing of around 0.9% in 2016 with a 0.5% increase in construction
activity based on the 2015 data. The trade figures will continue to disappoint, offset by a further £2 billion oil dividend,
despite a moderate oil price recovery. The challenge to the current account following the drop in overseas investment
income continues and will present a significant problem to the outlook for sterling over the medium term.
In the UK we expect the economy to grow by 2.6% in 2016
following growth of 2.2% last year. In the US the recovery
continues with growth of 2.4% expected in the year ahead.
The inflation outlook is still muted, with the fall in world oil,
energy, food and commodity prices continuing to dominate
headline inflation.
The UK economy grew by 1.9% in the final quarter, revisions to
construction and manufacturing growth pulling total output
lower. The service sector continues to drive growth.
We expect base rates to rise in 2016 Q2 …
UK GDP growth %
-5.0
-3.2
-1.4
0.4
2.2
4.0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
2.52.6
2.2
2.9
2.2
1.2
2.0
1.5
-4.2-0.5
2.62.7
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Contents
Chapter 1 The World Economy page 4
Chapter 2 World Trade and Oil Prices page 6
Chapter 3 UK Economics Growth in UK GDP (O) Output page 7
Chapter 4 UK Economics Growth in UK GDP (E) Expenditure chained page 9
Chapter 5 UK Economics Growth - Investment - mind the gap? page 11
Chapter 6 UK trade in goods and services page 13
Chapter 7 Labour market trends page 14
Chapter 8 Government Borrowing page 15
Chapter 9 Inflation Outlook page 16
Chapter 10 Interest Rates - base rates and gilt yields page 17
Appendices
page 18
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Chapter 1 World Economy
UK Economic Outlook March 2016 Page 4
Chart 1.1 : World GDP growth
%
-1.0
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
• The world economy is expected to have
grown by 3.1% in 2015. We forecast growth
of 3.2% in 2016 and 3.4% in 2017.
• Recovery in the USA and UK, will continue.
We expect growth of 2.4% in US in 2015 and
2.6% in 2016.
• Slower growth is expected in the oil
producing economies of OPEC, Russia and
Venezuela. We expect the Rouble economy
to shrink by -0.5% in 2016 following a fall of
-4.0% in 2015.
• On a regional basis, growth in Sub Saharan
Africa and the Asia Pacific region will
continue at around 4.5%.
• Recovery in North America is expected to
accelerate as US growth impacts on Mexico.
In Canada, growth will moderate slightly as
oil prices continue to hit oil output.
• In South America, we expect zero growth in
2016. Negative growth in Brazil (-2.7%) and
Venezuela (-5.2%) will impact on the region.
• In Eastern Europe problems in Russia and the
Ukraine, will weigh on the growth prospects
for the region. Growth of just 1.5% is
expected this year, rising to 2.0% in 2016.
• Growth in Western Europe will improve led by
a recovery in Germany. We expect growth of
1.7% in 2015 and 1.9% in 2016.
• In the Eurozone, we expect growth of 1.6%
up from 1.5% in 2015. We do not expect
much from any additional QE expansion.
• World trade is expected to grow by 3.2% in
2016 and 3.5% in 2017.
• World prices for energy, particularly oil,
primary metals, food and manufactures will
remain subdued in the first half of the year.
• We expect oil prices to rally to $65 per barrel
Brent Crude basis by the final quarter of 2016
cf a forecast average - $40 in Q1 2016.
• Overall the recovery in the world economy
will continue, with limited acceleration in
price levels through this year.
Chart 1.2: World Trade growth
%
-16.0
-12.0
-8.0
-4.0
0.0
4.0
8.0
12.0
16.0
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015
… the recovery continues.

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The estimates are produced with heavy reliance on world trade forecasts from the European Union, the IMF, the OECD, the World Bank and the NIESR world
model. Additional data is derived from the USA Bureau of Economic Affairs. World trade data is developed from the CPB World Trade Monitor, produced by
the CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis. We also utilise the Consensus Economics data : Consensus Forecasts, Asia Pacific, Latin
America and Eastern Europe. The Top Ten economies in the world account for approximately two thirds of global GDP.
Table 1 World Economy GDP Growth %
Top Ten
Markets
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
United States 2.5 1.8 2.8 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.4
China 10.4 9.4 7.7 7.6 7.3 6.9 6.7 6.4
Japan 4.7 -0.4 1.4 1.6 -0.1 0.6 1.0 1.2
Germany 4.0 3.3 0.7 0.4 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8
France 1.6 2.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 1.1 1.4 1.5
Brazil 7.5 2.7 1.0 2.5 0.1 -3.6 -2.7 0.9
UK 1.5 2.0 1.2 2.2 2.9 2.2 2.5 2.6
Italy 1.7 0.6 -2.4 -1.8 -0.4 0.7 1.3 1.5
Russia 4.5 4.3 3.4 1.3 0.6 -3.8 -0.5 1.5
India 7.5 6.7 4.5 4.7 7.3 7.4 7.7 7.7
World GDP 4.5 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.1 3.2 3.4
World Trade % 14.6 6.0 2.1 2.8 3.2 2.5 3.2 3.5
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Chapter 2 World Trade and Oil Prices …
… no worries about inflation.
UK Economic Outlook March 2016 Page 6
Chart 2.3 :World Commodity Prices
-30.0
-20.0
-10.0
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Chart 2.1 : Oil Prices $ per barrel
0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
100.0
120.0
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015
• Oil price Brent Crude basis averaged $54 per
barrel in 2015, down from $99 prior year. The
average price in Q4 2015 was $43.74.
• We expect oil prices to average $35 in the first
quarter of 2016 rising to $65 (Brent Crude
basis) by the end of the year 2016.
• World trade prices fell by -2.1% in 2014 and
by an estimated -12.4% in 2015.
• We expect world trade prices to remain under
pressure falling by a further -6% in 2016
recovering to 0.5% growth in 2017.
• We believe basic metal prices including,
copper, zinc, lead, aluminium and iron
have reached a basic floor level which will
lead to a moderate recovery in 2016.
• Precious metals, gold, silver and platinum
have demonstrated consolidation. Gold
averaged $1100 in the final quarter 2015
rising to around $1200 in the first quarter
of 2016.
• World commodity prices, excluding fuel (chart
2.3) have been extremely volatile increasing
by over 25% in 2006 and 2010.
• In 2014, commodity prices fell by 4.3% with a
further fall of 20.1% 2015. We expect prices
to fall further in 2016 with a strong rally in
2017.
• Trends in world trade, world trade prices and
commodity prices continue to support a
modest world recovery.
Chart 2.2 : World Trade Prices
-15.0
-10.0
-5.0
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

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Chapter 3 Growth in UK GDP (O) Output
UK Economic Outlook March 2016 Page 7
• We model UK GDP growth in the first
instance using our pragmatic GDP (O) model.
On this basis we employ more conventional
business modelling techniques including,
ARIMA, exponential smoothing, pattern
recognition and econometrics.
• Following growth of 2.9% in 2014 the
economy GDP(O) expanded by 2.2% in 2015
slowing to 1.9% in the final quarter.
• The service sector will continue to underpin
growth in the economy. Following growth of
2.5% in 2015, we expect service sector
growth of 3.1% in 2016 and 3.0% in 2017.
• Construction output, driven by developments
in housing and infrastructure increased by
3.4% in 2015. We expect growth of 0.5% in
2016 rising to 3.5% in 2017.
• Manufacturing output remains 7.6% below
the peaks registered in 2008 prior to
recession.
• Following an increase in manufacturing
output of 2.7% in 2014, output fell by -0.2%
in 2015. We expect growth of just 0.9% in
2016 rising to 1.2% in 2017.
• Within the service sector, the leisure sector is
expected to show strong growth along with a
strong performance in business services,
transport and finance.
• Overall, the UK will experience strong growth
in output over the next two years. [We estimate
the long term trend rate of growth to be 2.6%
following latest data revisions. We do not share
concerns about UK productivity.]
• The service sector will continue to underpin
growth in the UK assisted by developments in
manufacturing and construction.
• The increase in housing building activity is
expected to continue into 2016.
Chart 3.1 : UK GDP growth %
-5.0
-3.2
-1.4
0.4
2.2
4.0
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Chart 3.2 : Service Sector %
-3.0
-1.6
-0.2
1.2
2.6
4.0
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
… our overall forecast for growth in 2016 is 2.6%.

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Full details and charts of the GDP(O) forecasts are available in the appendix data. Revisions since the last forecast relate to construction and manufacturing.
The forecast is consistent with the Second Estimate of GDP Q4 2015 released by the ONS on the 25th February 2016.
Table 3 UK GDP (O) Growth %
Key Sectors 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Agriculture … -0.7 10.9 -7.3 0.7 14.3 0.6 1.7
Extractives -2.4 -14.2 -11.0 -3.3 -0.5 6.6 2.0
Manufacturing 4.2 2.2 -1.4 -1.1 2.7 -0.2 0.9
Electricity, Gas 4.0 -6.1 -0.9 0.4 -5.8 0.3 -2.0
Water, Sewage -1.3 5.7 -0.1 4.3 0.8 3.1 1.8
Total Production 2.9 -0.6 -2.7 -0.8 1.3 1.0 0.9
Construction 8.3 2.2 -7.6 1.6 7.5 3.4 0.5
Service Sector
Leisure 1.0 1.9 1.7 4.1 4.7 4.8 4.9
Transport 3.0 1.8 1.9 2.2 3.0 4.2 3.9
Business et al 0.4 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.9 2.5 3.4
Education, Hth 0.3 1.1 1.8 1.4 1.4 0.7 1.4
Total Services 1.0 2.2 2.5 2.8 3.2 2.6 2.9
Total GDP (O) 1.5 2.0 1.2 2.2 2.9 2.2 2.6
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Chapter 4 Growth in UK GDP (E) - Expenditure chained measure
UK Economic Outlook March 2016 Page 9
• We continue to offer little hope for the
rebalancing agenda in our forecasts for
growth in expenditure.
• Household expenditure increased by 3.0% in
2015. We expect growth of 3.0% in 2016 and
2.9% in 2017.
• Government expenditure increased by 1.7%
in 2015. Government expenditure is expected
to increase by 2.0% in 2016, slowing to 1.9%
in 2017.
• Investment increased by 4.2% in 2015. We
expect growth of 4.1% in 2016 and 4.0% in
2017.
• Domestic expenditure increased by 3.2% in
2014 and by 2.7% in 2015. We expect growth
of 2.5% in 2016 and 2.5% in 2017
• Net trade will continue to have a negative
impact on growth, with exports increasing at
a slightly slower rate than imports.
• We expect exports to increase by 4.5% in
2016 and 2017 following growth of 5.0% in
2015.
• Imports increased by 6.2% in 2015. We
expect growth of 5.0% in 2016 and 4.8% in
the following year.
• Our GDP Expenditure model is consistent and
balanced with the ONS data. We forecast
GDP(E) growth of 2.6% in 2016 and 2.5% in
2017.
• The trade deficit will continue to be have a
negative impact on UK GDP but of itself will
not be a constraint to growth.
• We continue to caution on the overall current
account deficit. We estimate in the final
quarter of 2016 the deficit averaged 3.8% of
GDP.
• This compares with an average 5% current
account deficit in 2015.
Chart 4.1 : Households %
-4.0
-2.4
-0.8
0.8
2.4
4.0
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Chart 4.2 : Investment %
-20.0
-15.0
-10.0
-5.0
0.0
5.0
10.0
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
… our investment outlook is revised slightly.

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Table 4 UK GDP (E) Expenditure Chained Measure %
Expenditure 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Households 0.5 -0.1 2.0 1.9 2.6 3.0 3.0
NPIs -1.4 3.7 -1.1 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.6
Government 0.0 0.1 1.8 0.5 2.5 1.7 2.0
Investment 5.9 2.0 1.5 2.6 7.3 4.2 4.1
Inventories - - - - - - -
Domestic Exp 2.7 0.5 2.2 2.7 3.2 2.7 2.5
Total Exports 6.2 5.8 0.7 1.2 1.2 5.0 4.5
Gross Final Exp 3.4 1.6 1.8 2.3 2.7 3.2 3.0
Total Imports 8.7 0.6 2.9 2.8 2.4 6.2 5.0
GDP 1.9 2.0 2.9 2.2 2.9 2.2 2.6
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Chart 4.4 : Exports %
-5.0
-2.5
0.0
2.5
5.0
7.5
10.0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Chart 4.5 : Imports %
-5.0
-2.5
0.0
2.5
5.0
7.5
10.0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Chart 4.3 : Domestic Expenditure %
-1.0
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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Chapter 5 UK Economics Growth - Investment …
UK Economic Outlook March 2016 Page 11
• Investment grew by 7.3% in 2014 and by
4.2% in 2015. We forecast growth of 4.1% in
2016 and 4.0% in 2017.
• Business Investment increased by 4.7% in
2014 and by 4.8% in 2015. We expect
growth of 7.1% in 2016 slowing to 4.5% in
the following year.
• Investment in plant and machinery increased
by 9.2% in 2015. We are forecasting an
increase of 7.3% in 2016 and 6.5% in 2016.
• Our four year capital stock model suggests
growth of 3.8% in 2015 and 2.9% in 2016
after growth of 3.6% in 2014.
• By the beginning of 2015, capital stock
levels were be above the pre recession highs
of 2007-8. The Fixed Asset Turnover Ratio
will average 6.8 in the current year and 6.8 in
2016 compared to 6.7 in 2010.
Chart 5.1 Total Investment £m
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
90,000
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Chart 5.3 Machinery & Equipment £m
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
18,000
20,000
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Chart 5.2 Business Investment £m
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Chart 5.4 Four Year Capital Stock £m
150,000
187,500
225,000
262,500
300,000
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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UK Economic Outlook March 2016 Page 12
Chapter 6 - UK trade in goods and services
… heading in the wrong direction.

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Chapter 6 UK Trade in goods and services
UK Economic Outlook March 2016 Page 13
Chart 6.1 : Trade in Goods
-150.0
-125.0
-100.0
-75.0
-50.0
-25.0
0.0
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Chart 6.2 : Trade in Services
0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
100.0
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015
Chart 6.3 : Trade in Goods & Services
-50.0
-41.7
-33.3
-25.0
-16.7
-8.3
0.0
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015
Balance Trade in Goods and Services £ billion
• We model exports as a function of world
trade and relative prices. A model in which
we find the demand terms dominant.
• We model imports as a function of domestic
demand, or total final expenditure and a
relative price term. Here the demand term is
dominant with relative price inelasticity.
There is little or no substitution effect.
• The trade in goods deficit increased to
£123.7 billion in 2014 and £125 billion in
2015.
• We expect the deficit to increase to £128.5
billion in 2016 and £130.5 billion in 2017.
• The trade in services surplus was £89.1
billion in 2014, an increase of 10% on the
prior year level.
• The trade in services surplus slowed to
£88.7 billion in 2015. We forecast a surplus
of £92.9 billion in 2016 and £95.0 billion in
2017.
• The surplus in services will continue to
offset the structural trade deficit in goods.
• The trade in goods and services deficit
increased to £36.3 billion in 2015 compared
to £34.5 billion in the prior year.
• Our central forecast is for the overall deficit
to moderate to £35.8 billion in 2016 rising to
£35.9 billion in 2017.
• The ongoing deficit, measured at less than
2% of GDP will not of itself, create a
problem for sterling.
… the trade deficit will continue to disappoint.

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Chapter 7 Labour Market Trends
UK Economic Outlook March 2016 Page 14
Chart 7.1 : Claimant Count 000
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Chart 7.2 : LFS Count 000
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Chart 7.3 : LFS Rate %
0.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
• The claimant count has fallen significantly
over the last twelve months as the economy
continued to grow by 2.2% in 2015.
• The reduction was 245,000 comparing the
average 2015 with 2014.
• Over the last twelve months to January 2016,
the claimant count has fallen by 85,400 to a
level of 760,200.
• We forecast a further fall in the claimant
count rate from an average 793,00 in 2014 to
706,000 by the end of 2016 and a rate of
2.1%.
• The LFS count unemployment in the third
quarter of 2015 is estimated to be 1.69
million.
• This is a reduction of over 172,000 over the
previous twelve months.
• We expect levels to fall to 1.625 million by the
final quarter of 2016 and 1.57 million by the
final quarter of 2017.
• We expect the unemployment rate (LFS
basis) to fall from 5.1% at the end of 2015 to
4.9% by the end of 2016 and 4.7% by the
end of 2017.
• The unemployment rate averaged 5.4% in
2015. We expect the rate to fall to 4.9% in
2016 and 4.7% in 2017.
• The average rate, in the pre recession period
was just 5.5%.
• Our models suggests “spare capacity” will
have been exhausted by the final quarter of
2015 (LFS basis).
• The claimant count data however, suggests
the average unemployment rate of 3% in the
period 2005 - 2008 has already been
achieved. This will place additional pressure
on the pay round and earnings into 2015.

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Chapter 8 Government Borrowing
£ Billion 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20
Borrowing 154.7 136.8 115.9 121.1 103.0 91.9 80.1 55.0 28.5 4.6 -10.1
Debt 1,004.3 1,149.9 1,242.6 1,352.7 1,459.0 1,546.8 1,599 1,662 1,689 1,702 1,700.1
UK Economic Outlook March 2016 Page 15
Chart 8.1 : Borrowing £ billion
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
2009/10 2012/13 2015/16 2018/19
• Government borrowing in the twelve months
to March 2015 is estimated to be £91.9
billion compared to £103.0 billion prior year.
• Following the release of the January 2016
data, the government is off track to meet the
OBR target of £73.5 in financial year 2015/6.
• We expect total borrowing in the financial
year 2015/16 to be £80 billion falling to £55.0
in 2016/17.
• Total debt, is forecast to be just over £1.600
trillion at the end of the current financial year.
• Rising to £1.662 trillion at the end of
2016/17…
• peaking at £1.700 trillion at the end of the
current forecast cycle 2019/20.
• NB The borrowing figures includes Housing Association
Data from 2014 onwards
• As a % of GDP debt is estimated to be
83.1% at the end of 2014/15
• Falling to 82.5% in 2015/16, 81.7% in
2016/17 and 77.9% in 2017/18.
• Information derived from OBR Economic and
Fiscal Outlook November 2015. ONS data : Public
Sector Finances January 2016 released on 19th
February 2016.
Chart 8.2 : Total Debt £ billion
700
900
1,100
1,300
1,500
1,700
2009/10 2012/13 2015/16 2018/19
Chart 8.3 : Total Debt % GDP
40
50
60
70
80
90
2009/10 2012/13 2015/16 2018/19

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Chapter 9 Inflation Outlook
UK Economic Outlook March 2016 Page 16
Chart 9.1 : CPI Inflation
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Chart 9.2 : Manufacturing Prices (O)
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
7.0
8.0
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Chart 9.3 : Manufacturing Prices (I)
-5.0
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Chart 9.4 : Earnings
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Chart 9.5 : Money Supply Narrow
0.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Chart 9.6 : Money Supply M4
-5.0
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
CPI inflation average 0.0% in 2015
rising to 1.1% in 2016 and 2% in 2017
Manufacturing prices - 0.0% in 2014,
falling by -1.7% in 2015 then up 1.5%.
Input prices down -6.6% 2014, -12.5%
in 2015. We expect -5.0% 2016.
Earnings averaged 1.3% in 2014 rising
to 2.5% in 2015. We expect a rise to
3.2% in 2016 and 3.5% in 2017.
Narrow money growth, notes and
coins increased by 4.3% in 2014 and
6.0%. We expect growth of 5.5% in
2016 slowing to 5.2% in 2017.
Broad increased by 4.4% in 2014,
slowing to a rate of 3.8% in 2015. We
expect growth of 4.2% in 2016 rising to
4.5% in 2017.

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Chapter 10 Interest rates - base rates and gilt yields
Table 10 - Base rates and Gilt Yields
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Base 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.25 1.50 1.75
Gilts 2.2 2.0 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.1 1.7 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.5 2.75 3.0 3.0 3.25 3.25
UK Economic Outlook March 2016 Page 17
We expect UK base rates to remain on hold in the first half
of 2016 thereafter rising to 0.75% in the third quarter of
2016 and to 1.75% by the end of 2017.
Gilt yields have rallied from the sub 2% lows in 2015. We
expect yields to return towards fair value 4.5% at some
stage. We expect rates to rally to 3.25% by the end of 2017.
Chart 10.2 10 year Gilt Rates
0.00
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Chart 10.1 UK Base Rates
0.00
0.50
1.00
1.50
2.00
2.50
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
HIgher event Base Case

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Appendix 1 Gross domestic product : expenditure at current market prices : ONS C1
UK Economic Outlook March 2016 Page 18

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Appendix 2 Gross domestic product : chained volume measure : ONS C2
UK Economic Outlook March 2016 Page 19

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Appendix 3 Gross domestic product : chained volume measure : ONS B1
UK Economic Outlook March 2016 Page 20

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Appendix 4 Exchange Rates, Interest Rates, Inflation and Labour Market Data
UK Economic Outlook March 2016 Page 21

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Appendix 5 Economic Forecast Overview
Outturn
2010
Outturn
2011
Outturn
2012
Outturn
2013
Outturn
2014
Outturn
2015
Forecast
2016
GDP Real Growth % 1.6 2.0 2.9 2.2 2.9 2.2 2.6
GDP Levels (2011 = 100) 97.1 99.0 100.0 102.2 105.0 107.4 110.2
GDP(E) at market prices £Bill 1,558.4 1,619.5 1,655.2 1,734.9 1,817.2 1,864.0 1,941.1
Household Consumption 0.5 -0.1 2.0 1.9 2.6 3.0 3.0
Business Investment 5.9 2.0 1.5 2.6 7.3 4.2 4.21
Government Consumption 0.0 0.1 1.8 0.5 2.5 1.7 2.0
Domestic Expenditure 2.7 0.5 2.3 2.6 3.2 2.7 2.5
Exports 6.2 5.8 0.7 1.2 1.2 5.0 4.5
Imports 8.7 0.6 2.9 2.8 2.4 6.2 5.0
Net Trade % GDP current -2.4 -1.6 -2.0 -2.0 -1.9 -1.7 -1.8
Inflation
CPI 3.3 4.5 2.9 2.6 1.5 0.1 1.1
Labour Market
Employment Millions 29.0 29.2 29.5 29.9 30.7 31.2 31.6
Average Earnings 2.4 2.4 1.4 1.5 1.3 2.5 3.2
LFS unemployment rate 7.9 8.1 7.9 7.6 6.2 5.4 4.9
Claimant Count Millions 1.50 1.53 1.59 1.42 1.04 0.80 0.74
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The forecast is broadly consistent with the Second Estimate of GDP Q4 2015 released by the ONS on the 25th February 2016.

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