Fred-sizing the economy

The size of Britain's economy can be hard to get your head around - but what if you were to shrink it to human scale? In a video edition of his regular column, Michael Blastland introduces Fred - a one man British economy.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8037500.stm

Presentation - UK economy under Labour

http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/presentations/ukeconomyunderlabour/default.html

Tracking the UK economy

Interesting BBC news article which tracks the UK's economy in terms of unemployment, inflation, growth, interest rates etc. over the last few decades.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7789784.stm

Interactive guides to the UK economy

One of the keys to success in the OCR A2 module The UK Economy (2887) is to have a good understanding of the current state of the UK economy and its performance over the last 10 years. With my U6th economists I have been making use of some of the great interative guides on The Guardian website.
http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/ocr-2887-interactive-maps/

tutor2u economic charts

34 economic charts looking at the UK's economic performance over a range of different criteria
http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/uk-economic-chartroom-january-2009/

Overview of the UK economy

Useful brief overview of the UK economy looking at GDP, unemployment, inflation, interest rates and house prices.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7789844.stm