Keeping in touch with economic trends and date can help you understand where markets, which look to the future rather than the present, might be heading. Here we'll provide a round-up of the latest information and key data.

• Interest rates – UK and European interest rates
• Currencies - major exchange rates, 'paired' rates and a handy currency converter too.
• Tax card – UK income and CGT rates, personal allowances plus other tax-relate issues.
• UK Economic data – a round-up of key data from the National Statistics Office, including inflation measures (HICP and RPI), labour market details (unemployment , vacancies etc) and national economic indicators such as GDP, Savings ratio and balance of payments.