Events The UK’s decisive decade Launch of The Economy 2030 Inquiry UpcomingTuesday 18 May 2021 Live interactive webinar. Register to receive access link The UK is on the brink of a decade of change. In the 2020s, the country will need to not just recover… Continue Reading
Events Building back better Structural change in post-pandemic economies UpcomingThursday 27 May 2021 Live interactive webinar. Register to receive access link. From the emptying of city centres and closure of entire industries, to the rapid growth in remote offices and new methods of… Continue Reading
Events Powering ahead Raising our productivity game post-pandemic UpcomingWednesday 26 May 2021 Live interactive webinar. Register to receive access link. The period between the Global Financial Crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic has been marked by chronically weak productivity across many advanced economies.… Continue Reading
Publications On firm ground? The impact of Covid-19 on firms and what policy makers should do in response 10 February 2021 by Nye Cominetti and Jack Leslie and James Smith The coronavirus crisis has had huge repercussions across the economy, and the corporate sector is no exception. This paper analyses how the crisis has affected firms’ finances, puts that in… Continue Reading
Publications Macroeconomic Policy Outlook Q4 2020 28 December 2020 by James Smith and Torsten Bell and Karl Handscomb and Jack Leslie and Cara Pacitti and Nye Cominetti This is our regular Macro Policy Outlook, providing a policy-focused take on the economy. In this edition, we focus on the labour market, and the prospects for unemployment. This… Continue Reading
Publications Wake me up when November ends The economic outlook amid Lockdown II 3 November 2020 by Torsten Bell We’ve got less than 48 hours until a second national lockdown in England begins, and who knows how long until it comes to an end. Pubs, hotels, and hairdressers’ doors… Continue Reading
Events Paying for Covid Repairing the public finances without derailing the economy Thursday 12 November 2020 COVID-19 has already been extremely expensive, with borrowing forecast to exceed £400 billion this year and a substantial deficit set to continue well after the crisis has passed. But that… Continue Reading
Events Building a nation to belong to Preparing for a new post-pandemic economy Thursday 11 June 2020 Live interactive webinar to launch new book ‘The economics of belonging’ by Martin Sandbu. Register to receive access link. In just over a decade, the UK has been hit by… Continue Reading
