Common investment fund prices: March 2013

Greece has left the UK with a slippery legacy, says Ian Buss in his round up of the latest from the markets.

Charity Finance reporter Vibeka Mair compiles a comprehensive guide to common investment prices from the past month.

The picture for global economic prospects is improving. In the UK, official statistics suggest the economy grew 0.4 per cent in the final quarter of 2009, rather than the initial estimate of 0.1 per cent. Business surveys suggest that growth in the first quarter of 2010 was likely to have been at a similar pace to last quarter of 2009, despite January’s bad weather.

The Bank of England continues to base its monetary policy decisions against a backdrop of rising inflation and a fledgling recovery in the UK economy. Although we have seen an acceleration of inflation in the first part of the year underlying price rises relate largely to non-recurring items, primarily the increase in VAT and uplift in energy prices.