Publications The Macroeconomic Policy Outlook Q1 2024 5 January 2024 by Simon Pittaway 2023 was yet another year of economic stagnation for the UK. By the third quarter of the year, economic activity was only 0.2 per cent higher than at the end… Continue Reading
Events Riding the economic rollercoaster Is Britain’s macroeconomic policy framework fit for purpose? Thursday 19 October 2023 Britain’s macroeconomic policy that the Treasury and Bank of England have got used to is crisis management – from a financial crash to a global pandemic and a huge inflation… Continue Reading
Publications Macroeconomic Policy Outlook: Q3 2023 5 October 2023 by Simon Pittaway and James Smith and Greg Thwaites In this edition of the MPO we focus on the scale and nature of the UK’s inflation challenge, looking at what we can learn from comparisons with other countries, and… Continue Reading
Events Worlds apart Why is UK inflation so much higher than in the US, and what does that tell us about the economic outlook? Thursday 5 October 2023 Resolution Foundation event with The Brookings Institution The last few years have not been easy times for any advanced economies. The UK, US, and Eurozone have all buffeted by major… Continue Reading
Events Ending Stagnation A New Economic Strategy for Britain Monday 4 December 2023 The final report of The Economy 2030 Inquiry The UK has great strengths, but is a decade and a half into a period of stagnation. The combination of slow growth… Continue Reading
Publications The Macroeconomic Policy Outlook Q2 2023 13 May 2023 by Simon Pittaway The Bank of England has raised interest rates 12 times in a row, and UK families are dealing with the largest rise in more than 30 years. With all signs… Continue Reading
Events We need to talk about inflation What history has to teach us about surging prices Wednesday 3 May 2023 Book launch event for We Need to Talk About Inflation by Stephen King From investors and academics, to governments and central banks, almost everyone had assumed high and persistent inflation… Continue Reading
Events A cost-of-living crisis Inflation during an unprecedented terms of trade shock Wednesday 8 March 2023 Speech by MPC member Swati Dhingra Britain has been buffeted by many different economic shocks in recent decades, but the most recent is a huge terms of trade deterioration following… Continue Reading