Indeed Jonty, unfortunately only the bad news makes the headlines.
Uk unemployment has fallen by 39,000 (
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7350042.stm)
Now if that had been an increase all hell might have very well broken out, instead a small article on the bbc news page is all. That said, theres no doubt a slow down is upon us/beckoning, and by simply keeping a back-up plan and a close eye on how the economy is evolving is probably the best two pieces of advice in this thread.
(edited to add an UN to make sense, WWW)