Weekly Economic Briefings > Uk Weekly Economic Briefing

A bumper week of data saw a clear split between the firmer official data relating to the period prior to the referendum and the much softer sentiment surveys taken over the period afterwards.That said, the extent to which confidence has suffered is in line with the assumption made in our baseline forecast, while financial markets remain resilient. Therefore we remain happy with our above-consensus forecast indeed this week saw the European Commission and IMF publish similar projections.