Details from the latest BOE agents survey for Q1 2017

  • The fall in sterling is being passed through to higher manufacturing output and consumer goods inflation

  • Retail sales are expected to slow due to weaker pound, while exports have risen

Here's the main points (saves me typing them all out).

Overall the sentiment is that the UK is plodding along, there's some expected weakness (consumer) but also some pick up in activity (investment & output). There's no one flagging any massive concerns about activity.