The Conservative-Liberal Democrat governing coalition has a solid majority in parliament. Relations between the two parties have shown some signs of strain, although both are now positioning ahead of the election in May 2015.
The most likely outcome of the election is that, as in 2010, neither of the two main parties (Conservative/Labour) will do enough to convince the electorate that it can be trusted to govern alone.

Highlights 7

Political outlook 8

Economic policy outlook 10

Economic forecast 11

Annual data and forecast 15

Quarterly data 16

Monthly data 17

Annual trends charts 19

Quarterly trends charts 20

Monthly trends charts 21

Comparative economic indicators 22

Basic data 23

Political structure 24

Politics 25

Economy 39

中国科学技术信息研究所