What Affects the Most UK Aggregate and Regional Productivity? - NIESR How do productivity improvements in specific locations affect national outcomes, and through which channels do these effects transmit? The disparities are significant. London contributes 23.7 per cent...

What matters the most with regard to #productivity?

In our latest #MondayInterview, just published, Deputy Director @econstevem.bsky.social spoke to @antonioharob.bsky.social about how #productivity shocks - and gains - propagate through regional and sectoral linkages⬇️

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What is Actually Happening to UK Living Standards? - NIESR What are the latest with regard to living standards in the UK? Now that the oil price has passed $100 mark, we have gone from a cost-of-living crisis to a living standards crisis. Unless the war in…

#WeekendReading 🔖 Our latest #MondayInterview, with Deputy Director @adrianpabst.bsky.social reflecting on the latest developments for UK households following the #SpringStatement and the ongoing conflict in #Iran ⬇️

#UKeconomy #Households #EconomicPolicy #IranWar

What to Watch Out For in the Spring Statement - NIESR What is the economic backdrop in which this year’s Spring Statement will be delivered? The Spring Statement this week will not be a fiscal event. As part of the shift to a single annual fiscal event, ...

⚡️OUT NOW⚡️In our latest #MondayInterview, just published, our Senior Economist Ben Caswell outlines what is actually important about this week's #SpringStatement and what to watch out for 👇

#UKeconomy
#Chancellor
#EconomicPolicy

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Are There Early Signs of a UK Productivity Revival? - NIESR What is the latest on UK productivity? At the risk of sounding like a typical two-handed economist, it all depends. Specifically, much depends on the definition of employment we use as the basis of ou...

In our latest #MondayInterview, just published, Senior Economist Peter Dixon assesses the latest news on UK productivity and explains why there may be some indications of a UK #productivity revival

Read it here👇

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What's in Store for the UK Economy in 2026? - NIESR Let’s start with global conditions, how would you sum up prospects for global growth and the risks around it? Last year the global economy saw a significant increase in barriers to trade and…

#WeekendReading 🔖 In our last #MondayInterview our Stephen Millard asked Fergus Jimenez England and Nic Crittenden about what to expect from the UK economy this year, and what are the main issues to pay attention to?

#UKeconomy #Geopolitics #LabourMarket

What's in Store for the UK Economy in 2026? - NIESR Let’s start with global conditions, how would you sum up prospects for global growth and the risks around it? Last year the global economy saw a significant increase in barriers to trade and geopoliti...

⚡️OUT NOW⚡️In our latest #MondayInterview, just published, our @econstevem.bsky.social asks @fergusjimeneze.bsky.social and Nic Crittenden about what to expect from the UK economy this year, and what are the main issues to pay attention to?

#UKeconomy
#LabourMarket

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Evaluating the Latest Curriculum and Assessment Review - NIESR What is the curriculum and assessment review and how is it relevant to the work of NIESR? In 2024, the government commissioned Professor Becky Francis CBE to convene a panel of experts to conduct a re...

"Time will tell if it follows through with the funding, policy changes and public messaging which would make these recommendations a reality."

In our latest #MondayInterview, just published, our Emma Simpson evaluates the latest #curriculum and assessment review👇

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Why Does Central Bank Independence Matter? - NIESR Why does central bank independence matter? To get a handle on this question, we should remind ourselves how the world looked prior to the widespread independence of central banks. The 1970s are…

#WeekendReading 🔖 In our latest #MondayInterview our Peter Dixon outlined why #CentralBank independence does matter, in light of the recent extraordinary launching of criminal proceedings by the US Dept of Justice against
@federalreserve.gov Chair Jerome Powell👇

Why Does Central Bank Independence Matter? - NIESR Why does central bank independence matter? To get a handle on this question, we should remind ourselves how the world looked prior to the widespread independence of central banks. The 1970s are rememb...

⚡️Our latest #MondayInterview is OUT NOW⚡️

With the recent extraordinary launching of criminal proceedings by the US Dept of Justice against @federalreserve.gov Chair Jerome Powell our Peter Dixon outlines why #CentralBank independence does matter
👇👇👇

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Insights From the Recent Monetary Policy Roundtable - NIESR What were the main themes discussed at the roundtable and what did it try to achieve? The purpose of the roundtable was to take stock of how the UK’s monetary policy framework has evolved since the…

#WeekendReading 🔖The #MondayInterview by our Director David Aikman

"The UK’s macroeconomic framework has changed since the #GFC.

#MonetaryPolicy now intersects more closely with fiscal policy than it once did, which complicates the design and use of tools such as QE."

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⚡️OUT NOW ⚡️The first #MondayInterview of the year by our Director David Aikman

"The UK’s macroeconomic framework has changed since the #GFC.
#MonetaryPolicy now intersects more closely with fiscal policy, which complicates the design and use of tools such as QE."

niesr.ac.uk/blog/insight...

A Fairer Way to Fund Higher Education: The Case for a Graduate Tax - NIESR What is the current student loan repayment system and why does it need changing? Any student who began an undergraduate course in England or Wales between September 2012 and July 2023 was placed on…

#WeekendReading🔖 The Case for a #GraduateTax🎓

In the latest #MondayInterview our Marley Williams outlines why recently the #student loan repayment system has become more unequal than ever and how a #graduate tax could provide a fairer alternative 👇

A Fairer Way to Fund Higher Education: The Case for a Graduate Tax - NIESR What is the current student loan repayment system and why does it need changing? Any student who began an undergraduate course in England or Wales between September 2012 and July 2023 was placed on Pl...

⚡️OUT NOW⚡️ The Case for a #GraduateTax 🎓

In our latest #MondayInterview, just published, our Marley Williams outlines why recently the #student loan repayment system has become more unequal than ever and how a #graduate tax could provide a fairer alternative 👇

niesr.ac.uk/blog/fairer-...

#Budget week is (finally) here! But what should we be really looking out for on Wednesday? 💼

Our Peter Dixon answers four key questions in the latest #MondayInterview, just published 👇

#Budget2025 #Chancellor #UKeconomy
@resmedia.bsky.social

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#WeekendReading🔖 What is fiscal sustainability? How to define it?

And what can the #Chancellor do in the upcoming #Budget to achieve it?

Our latest #MondayInterview by @econstevem.bsky.social tries to provide some answers👇

#FiscalPolicy #Budget2025

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What is fiscal sustainability? How to define it?

And what the #Chancellor do in the upcoming #Budget to achieve it?

Read our latest #MondayInterview by @econstevem.bsky.social , just published 👇

#FiscalPolicy #UKeconomy
@resmedia.bsky.social

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⚡️OUT NOW⚡️ Which #households will stand win or lose in case certain taxes go up? 🏘️

Our @adrianpabst.bsky.social discusses the distributional implications of widely expected #tax rises coming in the next #Budget, in the latest #MondayInterview, just published 👇

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#WeekendReading 🔖 What's the current state of the UK economy? What is the outlook for 2026?⚡️

In our latest #MondayInterview, our @econstevem.bsky.social outlines what the main issues are at the moment and what to expect from the forthcoming #AutumnBudget
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⚡️What's the current state of the UK economy? What is the outlook for 2026? ⚡️

In our latest #MondayInterview, just published, our @econstevem.bsky.social outlines what the main issues are at the moment and what to expect from the forthcoming #AutumnBudget

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#WeekendReading 🔖

Why is supporting #schools teaching controversial issues important?

In our latest #MondayInterview, we explore how third-sector organisations support schools in engaging students with emotive political and social topics👇

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Why is supporting #schools to teaching controversial issues important?

In our latest #MondayInterview, just published, Carol Vincent and Sherelle Davids explore how third-sector organisations support schools in engaging students with emotive political and social topics👇

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#WeekendReading 🔖 How do the different #tax options compare in terms of their short & medium-run impacts on real #GDP growth and #inflation?

In the latest #MondayInterview @CornforthEdmund
talks through our recent analysis 👇

#Budget2025

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#WeekendReading 🔖 In our latest #MondayInterview Marley Williams reflected on the recent Youth Futures Foundation research on how youth-led commissioning can dramatically improve employment outcomes for #youngpeople with learning disabilities and autism ⬇️

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"By designing their own services, #youngpeople with learning disabilities and autism dramatically improve their #employment outcomes and challenge adult perceptions"

Our new #MondayInterview by Marley Williams on his recent Youth Futures Foundation research 👇👇

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#WeekendReading🔖 How #green investment impacts #productivity? What are the nature-related risks to #GDP and financial stability?

In the latest #MondayInterview, our @edmundcornforth.bsky.social & Lea De Greef explore how to manage the econ. transition to #NetZero

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How green investment impacts #productivity? What are the nature-related risks to GDP and financial stability?

In our latest #MondayInterview, just published, our @edmundcornforth.bsky.social Edmund & Lea De Greef explore how to manage the economic transition to #NetZero

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#WeekendReading 🔖 The latest #MondayInterview by our Edoardo Masset drew on his research recently published in @Nature.com explaining what Water, Sanitation and Hygiene interventions are, and how to prioritise them for maximum impact 💦

Read more here⬇️

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The Dollar Effect - NIESR The underpinning of the global financial system by the US dollar creates a critical reliance that extends to the UK economy. This post examines this dependency, including global trade and domestic…

#WeekendReading 🔖The Dollar Effect💵

In our latest #MondayInterview, @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social
's Stephen Cecchetti outlines the specific ways the UK’s #financial system is reliant on US infrastructure and the #dollar’s central role 🔽

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Prioritising WASH Interventions for Maximum Impact - NIESR Governments dedicate significant resources to WASH programs. This blog explains why water supply is most effective for reducing child mortality & explores why multicomponent programs underperform.

The latest #MondayInterview by Edoardo Masset draws on his research recently published in @nature.com explaining what Water, Sanitation and Hygiene interventions are, and how to prioritise them for maximum impact 💦

Read it here⬇️

niesr.ac.uk/blog/water-s...