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"By designing their own services, #youngpeople with learning disabilities and autism dramatically improve their #employment outcomes and challenge adult perceptions"

Our new #MondayInterview by Marley Williams on his recent Youth Futures Foundation research 👇👇

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October 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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#WeekendReading:🔖 Our latest #MondayInterview by Tom Kelsey and @adrianpabst.bsky.social 💬

'The Government’s Modern Industrial Strategy demonstrates why posing a dichotomy between free-markets and industrial strategy is a false one' ⬇️

@productivity.bsky.social
The UK Industrial Strategy: A Contemporary Analysis - NIESR
Last week, the Government unveiled its Industrial Strategy White Paper. What are the implications of the industrial strategy for UK economic policy & growth
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July 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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#WeekendReading 🔖 Can economic #growth and climate factors pull in the same direction?

Are there better ways to capture #environmental costs in the national #accounts?

Our Peter Dixon reflects on last week's NIESR Sustainability Lecture in this #MondayInterview blog👇
How to Incorporate Environmental Factors in the Economic Accounts? - NIESR
Economic growth and environmental factors often seem to pull in opposite directions. Why? The simple truth is that we have got used to measuring economic progress using GDP which assigns a monetary…
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May 16, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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#WeekendReading 🔖 In our latest #MondayInterview Marley Williams reflected on the recent Youth Futures Foundation research on how youth-led commissioning can dramatically improve employment outcomes for #youngpeople with learning disabilities and autism ⬇️

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October 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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#WeekendReading🔖 How might #AI transform economics and change how economists conduct research, analyse data and develop theory?

In the last #MondayInterview economists Peter Dixon and Charlotte O'Leary assessed the impact of #Artificialintelligence on macroeconomics⤵️
Mystical Macroeconomics: Assessing the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Macroeconomics - NIESR
How is AI changing economics and forecasting? We began by discussing a simple taxonomy of artificial intelligence (AI) which presented the overlapping nature of machine learning, deep learning,…
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July 18, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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How green investment impacts #productivity? What are the nature-related risks to GDP and financial stability?

In our latest #MondayInterview, just published, our @edmundcornforth.bsky.social Edmund & Lea De Greef explore how to manage the economic transition to #NetZero

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October 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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⚡️OUT NOW⚡️ The £41.2bn deficit explained: what it means for the UK's #AutumnBudget 💼

In our latest #MondayInterview, just published, our Ben Caswell unpacks the much spoken figure and outlines its implications👇📈

@econstevem.bsky.social @resmedia.bsky.social

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The £41.2bn Deficit Explained - NIESR
Much of the recent economic debate has focused on the forecast £41.2bn deficit in 2029-30. How was this figure arrived at, and what must the Chancellor do to address it?
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September 8, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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⚡️OUT NOW⚡️ Which #households will stand win or lose in case certain taxes go up? 🏘️

Our @adrianpabst.bsky.social discusses the distributional implications of widely expected #tax rises coming in the next #Budget, in the latest #MondayInterview, just published 👇

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November 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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"A key theme was the absence of transition support when leaving secondary #education, especially for those who did not want to go to university. Many described feeling unprepared to navigate the job market."

This week’s #MondayInterview is out now ⬇️

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A Hyper-Local and Youth-Led Approach to Address Youth Unemployment - NIESR
Can you tell me a bit about Downham? We have all lived in or near Downham for most of our lives. Downham, sometimes referred to as the “Downham estate”, is a ward in the south of Lewisham built as a c...
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April 27, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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Is the economic promise of Artificial Intelligence a tangible reality or just "mystical macroeconomics"? 🌐✨

In our latest #MondayInterview, just published, economists Charlotte O'Leary and Peter Doxon break down the true macroeconomic impact of #AI ⤵️

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Mystical Macroeconomics: Assessing the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Macroeconomics - NIESR
How is AI changing economics and forecasting? We began by discussing a simple taxonomy of artificial intelligence (AI) which presented the overlapping nature of machine learning, deep learning, natura...
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July 13, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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#WeekendReading 🔖 Which labour market are the new graduates entering? 🎓

In our latest #MondayInterview blog, Larissa Marioni
and Michela Vecchi discussed the current state of the UK job market ⤵️

#ArtificialIntelligence #CostOfLivingCrisis #UKeconomy
Navigating the Shift: What Today's Graduates Need to Know About the Job Market - NIESR
This is graduation time and many new graduates are ready to enter the labour market. But what type of markets are they going to face? Certainly, the current situation is not easy. Recent graduates…
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July 11, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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⚡️What's the current state of the UK economy? What is the outlook for 2026? ⚡️

In our latest #MondayInterview, just published, our @econstevem.bsky.social outlines what the main issues are at the moment and what to expect from the forthcoming #AutumnBudget

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November 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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In our latest #MondayInterview our economists Shama Bernard, Lea De Greef and Robyn Smith share their thoughts on supporting the careers of women in economics, overcoming imposter syndrome, and more, following the recent @ukwen.bsky.social event ⬇️

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Fostering Successful Careers for Women in Economics - NIESR
Reflections on making economics accessible for women, overcoming imposter syndrome, and supporting the careers of women in economics.
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June 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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💥 NEW BLOG 💥

In our first #MondayInterview of 2025 ✨ Deputy Director Adrian Pabst speaks to Larissa Marioni about the role Artificial Intelligence can play in narrowing the #productivity gap 📈⬇

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How Artificial Intelligence Could Narrow the Productivity Gap - NIESR
As the United Kingdom seeks to boost productivity through greater public and business investment, what tools can firms use to raise their productivity performance? Our Deputy Director Professor Adrian...
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January 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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In our latest #MondayInterview, just published, Senior Economist Peter Dixon assesses the latest news on UK productivity and explains why there may be some indications of a UK #productivity revival

Read it here👇

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Are There Early Signs of a UK Productivity Revival? - NIESR
What is the latest on UK productivity? At the risk of sounding like a typical two-handed economist, it all depends. Specifically, much depends on the definition of employment we use as the basis of ou...
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February 16, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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'The Government’s Modern Industrial Strategy demonstrates why posing a dichotomy between free-markets and industrial strategy is a false one'

Our latest #MondayInterview by Tom Kelsey and @adrianpabst.bsky.social is out now - Read it here🔓⬇️

@productivity.bsky.social

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The UK Industrial Strategy: A Contemporary Analysis - NIESR
Last week, the Government unveiled its Industrial Strategy White Paper. What are the implications of the industrial strategy for UK economic policy & growth
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June 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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⚡️OUT NOW⚡️ The Dollar Effect💵

In our latest #MondayInterview, just published, @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social's Stephen Cecchetti outlines the specific ways the UK’s #financial system is reliant on US infrastructure and the #dollar’s central role
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The Dollar Effect - NIESR
The underpinning of the global financial system by the US dollar creates a critical reliance that extends to the UK economy. This post examines this dependency, including global trade and domestic pol...
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September 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Britain’s #productivity problem might not be quite as bad as we’ve long assumed.

In this week's #MondayInterview Peter Dixon and Liam McLaughlin discuss the new ONS approach to measuring labour productivity, what does it tell us and what it means for economic policy 👇

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What Does the Latest ONS Release Tell Us About the UK’s Productivity Puzzle? - NIESR
What has the ONS's new approach changed about our understanding of the UK productivity problem?  Since the 2008 financial crisis, the UK has been stuck in a productivity rut. Output per hour worked, w...
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September 21, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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#WeekendReading 🔖 How best to communicate uncertainty in economic forecasting?

What is the usefulness of #scenario analysis?

@econstevem.bsky.social explains in our last #MondayInterview blog ⤵️
Telling Better Economic Stories: How Scenario Analysis Improves Forecast Communication - NIESR
What problem is scenario analysis trying to solve? When putting together our forecast, we need to address a simple but important problem: macroeconomic forecasts are inherently uncertain, yet users…
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May 30, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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#WeekendReading 🔖 A New Approach to UK Regional Policy🚆🏘️

In our latest #MondayInterview, our @adrianpabst.bsky.social explored how focusing on national missions and local delivery can help improve #LivingStandards across the country 👇

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A New Approach to UK Regional Policy - NIESR
Fixing UK regional policy is one of the government’s core aims. This blog explores how national missions and local delivery can improve living standards.
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September 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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#WeekendReading🔖 What matters the most with regard to #productivity?

In our latest #MondayInterview our Deputy Director @econstevem.bsky.social spoke to Antonio Haro-Banon about how #productivity shocks - and gains - propagate through regional and sectoral linkages ⬇️
What Affects the Most UK Aggregate and Regional Productivity? - NIESR
Productivity growth in the UK has averaged 0.2 per cent annually since 2010. But, beneath this aggregate picture lie persistent regional disparities.
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March 21, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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How will proposals for new gambling regulations, which are projected to reduce the gambling industry's income, affect the UK #economy?

Our @adrianpabst.bsky.social, @econarnab.bsky.social and Tibi Szendrei discuss the findings in our latest #MondayInterview, out now👇

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Assessing the Macroeconomic Impact of UK Gambling Reform - NIESR
How will proposals for new gambling regulations, which are projected to reduce the income of the gambling industry, affect the UK economy?
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May 18, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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⚡️OUT NOW⚡️
In our latest #MondayInterview, just published, @adrianpabst.bsky.social lists the main pro-#productivity policies the Government should adopt, and outlines the key challenges the Govt will much likely face to implement them ⬇️⬇️

@productivity.bsky.social

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Policy Priorities for UK Productivity Growth - NIESR
Improving the poor UK productivity performance requires sustained political leadership. What pro-productivity policies should the government adopt?
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July 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Is regional devolution the key to unlocking UK economic growth?

In our latest #MondayInterview, just published, @adrianpabst.bsky.social explores whether shifting fiscal power and decision-making away from Westminster could reshape regional economic governance⤵️

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Assessing Burnham’s Devolution Drive - NIESR
Assessing Andy Burnham’s devolution agenda, this blog examines his plans to rebalance power away from Westminster, Manchester’s recent productivity performance, and the policy options facing the new g...
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July 20, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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In our latest #MondayInterview, just published, our Principal Social Researcher Emma Simpson talks to Joanna Fang about the problem of #housing affordability, its conceptual history and development 🏘️

Read it here ⬇️

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Housing Affordability and Housing Emergency - NIESR
What is housing affordability and why is it important? For decades, governments have grappled with housing unaffordability as part of the widely recognised British housing crisis. The current governme...
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March 23, 2026 at 2:11 PM