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Construction

• The 2014 Q4 HBF/果冻影院 Housing Pipeline found that permissions in principle for over 195,000 new homes in England were granted in 2014, up 12% on the previous year and 39% on 2012. The number of permissions for private homes was up 23%.

Economy

• The UK unemployment rate was 5.7% during the three months to January, down from 6.0% in the previous three months and 7.2% at this stage a year ago. Average weekly earnings, excluding bonuses, rose by an estimated 1.6% compared to a year ago, representing a real rise in wages due to current low inflation, which stood at 0.3% in January according to the CPI measure.
• During the current tax year so far, government borrowing has fallen by 拢8.8 billion, according to the ONS. From April 2014 to February 2015, public sector net borrowing excluding public sector banks (PSNB ex) was 拢81.8 billion; a decrease of 拢8.8 billion compared with the same period in 2013/14. The running total has been boosted by rising income tax receipts from self-assessment in January and February.