Thursday, 16 July 2020

UK's headline unemployment rate flatters to deceive - but perhaps not for too much longer

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The UK Office for National Statistics has just released its monthly compendium of labour market data. These are nowadays usually published...
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Tuesday, 16 June 2020

The latest UK jobs figures - an unfolding crisis in slow motion

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The UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) this morning published its latest set of numbers on the state of the labour market, which usin...
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Friday, 1 May 2020

Economics of Covid-19 – Let’s all avoid the ‘A word’

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Boris Johnson is back from his personal battle against Covid-19 and yesterday chaired the daily Downing Street coronavirus press briefing ...
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Tuesday, 21 April 2020

UK jobs market was cooling before coronavirus crisis – 8% jobless rate now the best we can hope for

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Earlier today the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) published its latest monthly Jobs Report, mostly including data from the quarter...
Saturday, 4 April 2020

Economics of Covid-19 – humanitarian vs. utilitarian

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Economists pay a lot of attention to policy choices and trade-offs. Genuine free lunches are a rarity. The coronavirus pandemic has spurre...
Friday, 3 April 2020

Economics of Covid-19 – why total hours of work could prove the key labour market statistic in this crisis

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Each day brings yet sadder news. The UK death toll from Covid-19 is now just shy of 3,000 and will probably pass that mark when we receive...
Tuesday, 31 March 2020

Economics of Covid-19 – April 1st Living Wage hike could prove to be fools gold

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The statutory National Living Wage increases by 6.2% tomorrow, rising to £8.72 an hour for employees aged 25 and over, benefiting around 2...
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