Since much of my work relies on data from various sources I thought it would be helpful to keep a page on my blog reserved for some of the key data:

Bank of England Base Rate – 0.5% (since 5 March 2009) – check the history here.

Retail Price Index – 5.2% – released October 2011
Consumer Price Index – 4.2% – ditto
Unemployment Rate nationally – 7.8% – at 13.4.11
UK GDP – 1.8% – at 17.4.11
(all data at ONS here)

FTSE 100 5516 – midday 14.11.11
£/$ 1.61 (ditto)
£/E 1.17 (ditto)

1st Q Net Initial Yields 2011 from Property Data

Offices – 7.52%
Shops – 5.69%
Industrial – 6.52%