The Decision Maker Panel (DMP) is a survey of Chief Financial Officers from small, medium and large UK businesses. We use it to monitor developments in the economy and to track businesses’ views.

Your monthly overview of the major trends impacting the UK’s main business sectors, from the CBI's Deputy Chief Economist Alpesh Paleja.

Today (Friday 31 July), the Chancellor has confirmed that the date of the Budget will be Wednesday 28 October.

Your monthly overview of the major trends impacting the UK’s main business sectors.

We examine the ongoing impact of the conflict in the Middle East.

Your monthly overview of the major trends impacting the UK’s main business sectors.

The “shopping baskets” of items used in compiling measures of UK consumer price inflation.

Conflict in the Middle East has pushed up energy prices. We examine how this compares to past shocks and the government's options going forward.

Your monthly overview of the major trends impacting the UK’s main business sectors.

We examine the initial economic impact of the conflict in the Middle East.

The Chancellor has asked the Office for Budget Responsibility to prepare forecast for 3 March 2026

CBI responds to latest Bank of England decision on interest rates

Your monthly overview of the major trends impacting the UK’s main business sectors.

Find out more about the Monetary Policy Committee’s latest decision

Your monthly overview of the major trends impacting the UK’s main business sectors.

Join us for a seat at the table with the people shaping the UK economy - from business leaders and economists to the policymakers behind the headlines.

Your monthly overview of the major trends impacting the UK’s main business sectors.

Bond yields surged across major economies, with Japan’s 30-year hitting a record and UK gilts peaking at 5.75%—the highest since 1998. Turbulence continues.

Under new senior leadership the ONS is urgently focusing its resources on core economic statistics as part of a wider strategic recovery plan. In this post, incoming Director General for economic soci

Your monthly guide to the UK economy, giving you a monthly overview of the major trends impacting the UK's main business sectors.

Given at The Future of Central Banking conference on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary, Banco de México

The discipline is failing students by ignoring the biggest social, political and ecological challenges facing the world today

ALT: a woman is standing in the rain with her head in her hands .