economy

Nigel Hawkes :: Wed, 09/06/2010 - 09:38

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Eurostat wins new intervention powers

Rearrange the following into a common phrase or saying: horse, stable door, close, bolted.

Nigel Hawkes :: Tue, 01/06/2010 - 15:20

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Open data: who thought of it first?

David Cameron’s open data policy is intended to make good his promise of government transparency.

Rishab Mehan :: Fri, 09/04/2010 - 14:34

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Mixed messages on inequality

In the midst of an election campaign it’s inevitable that various long-term statistics will be coming out of the woodwork.

Nigel Hawkes :: Wed, 17/03/2010 - 17:34

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I was wrong, admits Gordon Brown

The Prime Minister admitted in the House of Commons today that defence expenditure had not risen in real terms in every year since 1997, a claim he made to the Chilcot Inquiry and to Parliame

Nigel Hawkes :: Tue, 02/03/2010 - 15:24

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GDP growth: up and down at the same time

“Services growth in December pushes up GDP estimate” was the headline on ONS’s press release announcing last week’s revised estimate of GDP in the final quarter of 2009.

Nigel Hawkes :: Tue, 16/02/2010 - 17:49

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Baby boomers built the economic bubble

The generation born in the wake of World War II is getting the blame for the economic mess we’re in.

Nigel Hawkes :: Fri, 08/01/2010 - 14:21

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The Sunday Times and the public and private sector

An article in last week’s Sunday Times comparing pay and conditions in the private and public sector has caused controversy, with charges that the comparisons made were unfair.

Nigel Hawkes :: Fri, 01/01/2010 - 16:25

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UK Vital Signs: an economy in need of intensive care

New Year’s Day, and the end of a decade, is as good a time as any to look at the economy’s vital signs.

Nigel Hawkes :: Thu, 03/12/2009 - 10:26

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De-industrialising Britain, Part 2

The Financial Times today publishes a fascinating analysis by Chris Giles of the decline of manufacturing in the UK since Labour came to power.

Nigel Hawkes :: Tue, 17/11/2009 - 17:16

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Inflationary language

Today the ONS issued a statement on inflation containing the sentence: "In the year to October, RPI annual inflation fell by 0.8 per cent, compared with a fall of 1.4 per cent in September".