Global Trade Reports and British Economic Trends

Notes: GDP development is specified as the annual change in real (inflation-adjusted) GDP in the projection year compared with the previous year. Unemployment rate is as of December for each year. Core inflation is the year-over-year modification in the Customer Costs Index, omitting volatile food, energy, alcohol, and tobacco costs, based upon the fourth-quarter average for each year.

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Yael Selfin, Vice Chair and Chief Economic Expert, KPMG in the UK, was joined by David Smith, Economics Editor at the Sunday Times and Chris Hearld, Group Handling Partner, KPMG, to explore how households and businesses might be impacted and the difficulty for the new government of delivering growth while handling public finances.

The world economy grew by 3.3 per cent last year, almost similar to the rates tape-recorded in 2023 and 2024. The feared drag from higher tariffs did not materialise, reflecting trade diversion, accommodative fiscal policy, and implemented tariffs being smaller sized than threatened. Lagged tariff impacts may yet emerge. United States growth slowed from 2.8 per cent in 2024 to 2.2 per cent in 2025, as tariffs, tighter migration policy and elevated unpredictability weighed on need.

ANSR July UK PRs

Growth in advanced economies is set to slow to 1.8 per cent in 2026 (US 2.3 per cent, Euro Area 1.3 per cent, Japan 0.8 per cent), with emerging markets growing by 4.0 per cent (China 4.6 per cent, India 6.5 per cent). United States CPI inflation (2.7 per cent in December 2025) is anticipated to typical 2.6 per cent in 2026, reflecting tariff pass-through and a weaker dollar.

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The ECB has actually held its policy rate at 2 percent and is likely to keep this stance. Long-lasting bond yields stay raised, with US 10-year Treasuries around 4.3 per cent and Japanese 10-year federal government bond yields increasing greatly to around 2.3 percent, up from 0.3 percent in 2023. Tariff effects are still working through, while US actions in Venezuela, stress over Greenland, and China's export controls on critical minerals raise the risks of additional disturbance.

GDP grew by 0.7 per cent in Q1 as services brought forward activity ahead of the April increases in employer National Insurance Contributions and the National Living Wage. Development then slowed to 0.2 percent in Q2 and 0.1 per cent in Q3, held back by Budget-related uncertainty and a cyber-attack affecting Jaguar Land Rover.

The near-term outlook is supported by recurring fiscal growth and stable usage development. Beyond 2027, development must settle somewhat above trend at around 1.3-1.4 per cent. Provided current population forecasts, this implies per capita GDP development staying below 1 per cent from 2027 onwards, highlighting the UK's persistent productivity obstacle.

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Our main forecast is for CPI inflation to average 2.3 per cent in 2026 and to settle around target afterwards. Services inflation (at 4.5 per cent in December) and core inflation (3.2 per cent in December) remain uncomfortably raised, pointing to persistent hidden rate pressure.

Average earnings development was 4.7 percent in the three months to November 2025. We project this to slow to around 3.6 per cent in 2026 and 3.1 per cent in 2027 as increasing joblessness lowers workers' bargaining power a moderation essential for inflation to remain at target on a sustained basis.

This shows sticking around uncertainty about the outlook and the scars from the current inflation shock. We anticipate this elevated savings ratio to continue, constraining intake growth to around 1.0 percent in 2026 and 1.3 percent in 2027. With inflation falling and unemployment rising, we anticipate 2 further 25 basis point cuts in 2026, bringing the rate to 3.25 per cent by year-endour quote of the long-run neutral rate.

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On our projection, the current spending plan is close to balance by 202930, indicating no effective headroomBox C analyzes differences between the OBR's projection and ours. Public debt continues to increase, with the debt-to-GDP ratio approaching 100 percent by decade-end, restricting the scope for discretionary fiscal assistance in future shocks.

By contrast, favorable net migration supports financial sustainability by expanding the working-age population and broadening the tax base. Increases in employer National Insurance coverage Contributions, significant upratings of the National Living Wage (NLW), and reforms to employment rights have raised the marginal cost of working with by around 7 per cent in genuine terms for an entry level position.