This publication is a summary of monthly reports compiled by the Bank of England’s Agents between late May 2015 and late August 2015. It generally makes comparisons with activity and prices a year earlier.
- Activity had generally grown solidly on a year earlier, with contacts attributing increased demand to rises in real incomes and credit availability. Growth among export-oriented companies had been subdued overall.
- In property markets, demand for commercial property had increased alongside economic activity, and investment into the sector had remained strong. Housing market activity had picked up by less than many contacts had expected.
- Recruitment difficulties had increased in recent months, with signs of building pressure on labour cost growth in the service sector. But services price inflation had remained modest and goods prices were lower than a year ago.
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