£10 £100 £1,000 £10,000 £100,000 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 95 97 99 01 03 94 96 98 00 02 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 13 12 14 15 16 ATTLEE WILSON WILSON CALLAGHAN BLAIR BROWN CHURCHILL EDEN MACMILLAN HOME HEATH THATCHER MAJOR CAMERON UK FINANCIAL HISTORY 1950 – 2016 Skyfall The Force Awakens King’s Speech Avatar Casino Royale Chicago Saving Private Ryan Forrest Gump Pretty Woman Platoon E.T. Grease The Towering Inferno Love Story Alfie Dr No Gigi On The Waterfront Cyprus bail-out • Bangladesh factory disaster • Typhoon Yolanda devastates Philippines • FSA replaced by FCA/PRA • Nelson Mandela dies • London Olympics • Japanese earthquake • Bin Laden killed • Greek bail-outs • UK Interest Rates set at 0.5% • Banking debt crisis hits UK • London wins Olympic bid • Scotland introduces smoking ban • England, Wales, Northern Ireland introduce smoking ban • Northern Rock crisis • • Single European Market begins • ‘Black Wednesday’ stockmarket crisis • Big Bang in the city • Berlin Wall comes down • Lockerbie disaster • Unemployment tops 3 million • First test tube baby born • Interest rates hit 15% • Stockmarket hits 62 • UK gets £2,300 million from IMF USSR Lunik reaches the moon • North Sea oil discovered • • Berlin Wall constructed • UK joins EEC • Ceasefire in Vietnam • Falklands War • Plaza accord • UK leaves ERM • Poll Tax riots Japanese interest rates at record low of 0.5% • • Hong Kong handover • Millennium celebrations • Death of Princess of Wales • War in Iraq News of World closes • Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee • Eurozone debt crisis • Gaddafi killed • The Shard opens • Irish bail-out • European debt crisis • • Tsunami strikes Asia • Euro becomes legal tender Credit crunch rocks USA • Bombings in London • 60th anniversary of VE Day • Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee • • Official opening of Scottish Parliament • Good Friday Agreement • Poll Tax introduced in Scotland • German reunification • Maastricht Treaty • Nelson Mandela freed • Chernobyl disaster • Brighton bomb • Personal Computer launched by IBM • Strikes, unemployment and the Winter of Discontent • “Rivers of Blood” – Powell Moon landing • • Kennedy assassinated Bay of Pigs invasion • • End of rationing • DNA structure deciphered • Elizabeth II’s coronation • Stone of Destiny stolen • Stalin dies • Everest conquered • The Suez crisis • “You’ve never had it so good” – Macmillan • Yuri Gagarin – First man in space • England win World Cup • Decimalisation • “Pound in your pocket” – Wilson • US combat troops arrive in Vietnam • The Miners’ Strike • AIDS identified • Compact Disc launched • The Gulf War • Black Monday – stockmarket falls 25% • Barings collapse • Bomb rocks World Trade Centre • Enron bankruptcy scandal • WorldCom bankruptcy • September 11th Eurozone unemployment hits historic high • Economic downturn affects the world • World population reaches 7bn • Ebola outbreak • Scottish independence referendum • Crimea/Ukraine crises • Malaysia Airlines crashes • ISIS offensive • Oscar Pistorius trial • Paris attacks • Cuba/US reconciliation • VW emission scandal • Global climate change agreement • Chinese stockmarket crash • Scottish Widows Limited. Registered in England and Wales No. 3196171. Registered office in the United Kingdom at 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN. Authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. Financial Services Register number 181655. SW55063 02/17 Value of £100 indexed from 1950. Scales calculated on a logarithmic basis. Figures calculated on a gross basis. Source: Barclays Equity Gilt Study, Datastream and Internal. Past Performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. In a building society deposit account your capital is readily available and generally secure. Barclays Gilt Price Index Ex-Income Retail Prices Index UK Building Society Index Income Reinvested Barclays Equity Index Dividends Reinvested Barclays Gilt Index Income Reinvested Barclays Equity Price Index Ex-Dividends £88 £3,134 £5,559 £9,620 £10,749 £182,494 MAY 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 ECONOMIC INDICATORS RPI – annual % change (quarterly) Bank base rates (quarterly avg.) GDP – annual % change (quarterly) Brussels attacks • Brexit • Sterling tumbles • Trump elected •