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last 30 days

Headline Tightrope Score over the selected range, annotated with the events that moved it. Below, the four pillars name their dominant indicators today.

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Drivers

key drivers, by pillar

Each card names the indicator currently doing the heaviest lifting inside its pillar.

40%

Market Stability

26 Acute
  • 7d ▲ +0.1 better
  • 30d ▼ -5.1 worse

Driven by 10-year gilt yieldUK 10-year nominal zero-coupon gilt yield (BoE IUDMNZC, daily close).: 5.04%.

30%

Fiscal Room

56 Strained
  • 7d — 0.0
  • 30d ▼ -1.4 worse

Driven by Current-budget headroom (forecast)OBR forecast: surplus against the stability rule at the FY 2029/30 target year. Updated on each OBR EFO (twice-yearly).: GBP 23.6bn.

20%

Labour & Living-Standards Resilience

61 Steady
  • 7d — 0.0
  • 30d ▼ -9.0 worse

Driven by Health-related inactivity (m)Millions reporting long-term sickness as main reason for inactivity.: 2.75m.

10%

Growth Delivery

40 Acute
  • 7d — 0.0
  • 30d — 0.0

Driven by Planning consents vs. baselineQuarterly residential planning-decisions-granted as a % of a self-declared estimated 2019 pre-COVID quarterly baseline of 11,500. The denominator is an estimate — archived MHCLG PDFs can tighten it; the caveat is intentional and surfaced here.: 58.3%.

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