The Macroeconomic Policy Outlook: Q3 2025
UK Government borrowing costs have once again been in the headlines. Recent moves have, however, been overblown: since benchmark 10-year yields peaked at post-financial-crisis highs of 4.9 per cent in January, they have fallen back. In this edition of the MPO we take a longer view, unpacking why the rise in UK yields since the pandemic has been larger here than elsewhere, and discussing how policy should respond.
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How do savings, debts, and arrears that shape households’ ability to weather financial shocks? Some lower income households are managing to save more and carry less debt, but many remain just one setback away from difficulty. Savings levels are worryingly low, arrears have grown sharply – particularly on essentials like energy and council tax.
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The Resolution Foundation is an independent think-tank focused on improving living standards for those on low-to-middle incomes. We work across a wide range of economic and social policy areas, combining our core purpose with a commitment to analytical rigour.
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Policy landscape 2025
The government continues to face a series of acute policy challenges, with concerns about the state of the economy, public services, and family finances remaining high. As Parliament returns from its summer recess, the Resolution Foundation and UK in a Changing Europe have partnered to produce the Policy Landscape 2025 report – a series of evidence-led, research-based assessments of the main policy challenges facing the UK, and how politicians could respond.
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Key considerations for the Warm Homes Plan
This briefing note assesses how the Government’s upcoming Warm Homes Plan should be shaped to meet the twin challenges of reducing energy bills while also driving decarbonisation of home heating. It outlines the need for strategic decisions on what the capital budget assigned to the plan should fund, and how these limited funds should be targeted.
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The Resolution Foundation calculates the real Living Wage – a voluntary hourly pay rate that is based on what families need to get by. The current national rate is:
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An intergenerational audit for the UK 2024
Along the journey from cradle to grave, all sorts of things – including meaning, nurturing and understanding – flow between the generations. But there are also important and much more quantifiable flows – of time, money and other material resources – between the adult cohorts.
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