London's Economy Today - Issue 1 - September 2002

The overview

Edition 1:

• mixed signals in a falling market
• business activity weak but not collapsing
• consumers are at the heart of the matter

Economic indicators

• the FTSE 100 has not yet dipped below the 4,000 mark in September
• UK manufacturing output recovered somewhat in July following a sharp drop in June
• house price inflation accelerated during the course of the 1990s reaching a peak in Q1 2000

A Future Gulf War - the potential economic impact on London

• the impact of the first Gulf War was limited by several factors
• but US tourism and London were hit hard
• will history repeat itself?

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