Economic Briefing - May 2008

EEF's monthly bulletin examines economic trends for manufacturing, engineering and technology-based businesses.

While a further rate cut is needed now, the Monetary Policy Committee should continue to take a cautious approach to managing the risks of slower growth and gathering inflationary pressures.

In this issue:
  • Monetary policy - battling on three fronts 
  • Credit crunch - latest
  • Inflation
  • House prices
  • Consumers and labour market
  • US economy

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manufacturing
economics and industrial policy
policy and representation
information and research
inflation
laeding global and uk economic indicators
further information:

Jeegar Kakkad
Senior Economist
jkakkad@eef.org.uk

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