Congratulations Stephen Millard on your appointment to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council fiscalcouncil.ie/new-council-me… 👏👏

All set up and ready for our forthcoming event that explores a possible blueprint to rebuild the Palestinian Economy.

A key theme, during the next six weeks of the #GeneralElection2024 campaign, will be on the #economy. National Institute of Economic and Social Research has lots to say on this, with one recent piece from Paula Bejarano Carbo looking at our current situation & future prospects: niesr.ac.uk/blog/future-pr…

You couldn't make it up...

Amazing what you see when wandering around. This is the Suffragette Memorial in #Westminster to commemorate their courage and perseverance.

Boris Johnson romped home in 2019 promising to “level-up all parts of the UK”. National Institute of Economic and Social Research says the policy has been a failure”. In 2019/20, the gap in living standards between London and the North East was on average £4,600 per household. By 2023/24, it had risen to £7,300… 🧵

There is a lot of talk this weekend about the impact of #Brexit on the UK economy. The process not only damaged us directly but most probably exacerbated the impact of #Covid and #energyprice shocks. National Institute of Economic and Social Research analysis from Nov 2023: 🎩 NiGEM niesr.ac.uk/publications/r…

Welcome (and congratulations) Philip Rutnam.

A clear outline by my colleague Ben of the reasons why any new government needs to look at revising the fiscal rules to help the #economy grow and living standards improve.

Today's the day! 🗳️ #GE2024 Over the past 6⃣ weeks our #GeneralElection analysis has discussed some of the biggest questions about the UK economy 📊 Follow this thread as we share some highlights from our briefings, blogs, videos & more... Nuffield Foundation Royal Economic Society 1/14🧵

Great start to this year's Kent County Show with a talk from National Farmers' Union Deputy President on what the #GeneralElections2024 results mean for #farming and the environment.

Thank you Nigel Barden for your entertaining and informative talk at the Kent County Show President's Luncheon. Your passion and support for the sector really shone through, as did your knowledge of the best of #Kent's farming and food sector.

Second day of the Kent County Show and the sun is out. Looking forward to a good day at an event that showcases the best of #rural Kent

⚡️ NEW PODCAST ⚡️ We sat down with Arnab Bhattacharjee FRSA, Ben and Hailey Low to discuss the economic inheritance and main priorities of the new #government 🎙️⬇️ Listen to and download it on: 🛜 Spotify Podcasts 🎙 👉 hubs.la/Q02HMDHG0 ☁️SoundCloud 👉 hubs.la/Q02HMGcV0

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Some welcome good news #EvanGershovich theguardian.com/world/article/…

The economic inheritance is a particularly hot topic at the moment, and one we will return to later this week within the quarterly forecast.

You learn something every day. The underlying meaning behind the number of poles, it's height and circumference had escaped me until now.

In Material World I wondered out loud: what if one of the critical pinch points in global silicon chip production got knocked out? It was a rhetorical question! Now it has literally happened. So. What next? First: don't panic. Some further thoughts here👇 edconway.substack.com/p/whats-happen…

This year's Anglo German Lecture, delivered by Wendy Carlin on the inequality revolution in macroeconomics is now underway. Stephen Millard delivers a welcome introduction.