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Welcome to the Alliance Trust Savings Economic Research Centre, provided by Alliance Trust.

Here you can find a vast array of information and comment on a huge range of statistics every single month. The economists examine the drivers of economies and investment markets in their effort to spot developing trends early on. In addition, the Economic Research Centre releases in-depth, valued-added reports and analysis on macroeconomic developments to a wider audience, from the "Financial Reality Index", which gauges consumers’ real financial well-being, to analysis on the relationship between Inflation and Age.

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Financial Reality Index
Click here to download UK Financial Reality Index – Q1 2013	UK Financial Reality Index – Q1 2013 The overall financial situation facing UK households improved in Q1 but remains weaker than the long term average, according to the latest research from the Alliance Trust Economic Research Centre. Our UK Financial Reality Index increased from 84.4 to 87.9, its highest level since Q4 2009. The index has remained below the critical level of 100 since Q3 2004.
Click here to download US Financial Reality Index – Q4 2012	US Financial Reality Index – Q4 2012 In Q4, the financial situation facing US households improved for a fifth consecutive quarter, according to research from the Alliance Trust Economic Research Centre. Our US Financial Reality Index increased from 118.5 to 119.1, remaining above the critical level of 100 for the third successive quarter and reaching its highest level since Q3 1999.

Inflation & Age alert
Click here to download Inflation Alert May 2013	Elderly See Less Benefit From Falling Inflation This month’s official inflation report showed that the headline rate of inflation fell from 2.8% to 2.4%. Alliance Trust’s monthly study of inflation rates affecting different age groups found that the over 75s still face the highest rate of inflation at 2.9%, marginally reduced from 3.1% last month.
Click here to download Inflation Alert April 2013	Elderly Suffer Highest Rate Of Inflation For Third Consecutive Month This month’s official inflation report showed that the headline rate of inflation was unchanged at 2.8%. Alliance Trust’s monthly study of inflation rates affecting different age groups finds that it is still the over 75s who face the highest rate of inflation at 3.1%, although it is down slightly from 3.2% last month.

Current Views
Click here to download Global Economic View April 2013	Growth Remains Elusive In an unprecedented move in the Eurozone, the recent bailout of Cyprus saw the country’s second largest bank, Laiki, being closed and the losses from its closure absorbed by those with deposits over 100,000 euros and both senior and junior bond holders.
Click here to download China Update March 2013	China Update This week, China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) will convene for its annual session. The NPC is effectively China’s parliament but it does not have considerable power; power itself is vested within China’s Communist Party and various state organisations.