Further signs of optimism about the economy are apparent today as the Financial Times shows its continuing committment to the 'How to Spend it' magazine.

The publication which emerged during the boom years, and which is famous for its advertisments for eighteen thousand pound watches and Sunseeker yachts clearly proves that the good times are back.

A spokesman for the FT said today, "This is not only about the rich and the super-rich. There is mounting evidence that the middle classes, the merely 'comfortably-off', pick the magazine up with relish, suggesting that they too share in this optimism and goodwill."