The table below presents the one year ahead forecasts for quarterly (annualised) GDP growth and RPI inflation estimated using data up to Q4-2016. The forecasts are an average of the projection for the four quarters of 2017. The forecasts are derived using 15 econometric models.
The aim is to provide a wide ranging statistical outlook for the UK economy that is largely free from conditioning assumptions and judgement.
Read more on the forecast summary and key highlights for 2018.
Key Highlights:
UK RGDP is expected to grow by 3.22% in 2017. However, the forecast variance is 2.20 across models.
UK Inflation is expected to be 2.32% in 2017. However, the forecast variance is 0.83 across models.
In comparison, UK Treasury Independent Consensus Forecasts are 2.1% and 2.2% for UK RGDP and Inflation.
Forecasts for the UK Economy 2017