Commenting on data showing that the rate of inflation fell to 4.6 per cent in October, Economics Fellow at the … Continue reading “Falling inflation removes obstacle to tax cuts”

Commenting on the Office for National Statistics’ November labour market data, Professor Len Shackleton, Labour Market Expert at free market … Continue reading “Incomplete labour market statistics could be hiding a nasty shock”

Commenting on the King’s Speech, Mark Littlewood, Director General of the free market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs, … Continue reading “King’s Speech ‘heavy on intervention, light on liberalisation’”

Commenting on the government’s decision to lift the cap on bonuses for employees of banks, building societies, and investment firms, … Continue reading “Banker bonuses cap scrapping strengthens UK competitiveness”

Commenting on today’s ONS public sector finances figures, Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at free market think tank the Institute of … Continue reading “Public finance data leaves room for tax cuts”

IEA Economics Fellow Julian Jessop’s response to August’s GDP figures which showed 0.2 per cent growth in the UK economy, … Continue reading “Weak growth should rule out further interest rate hikes”

Commenting on GDP data showing that the UK economy grew by 0.2 per cent in August, Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at the … Continue reading “Weak growth makes interest rate hike unlikely”

IEA Economics Fellow Julian Jessop has been quoted in The Daily Express criticising the IMF’s gloomy prediction that the UK’s … Continue reading “IMF’s gloomy forecasts are outdated”

Analysis by IEA Economics Fellow Julian Jessop on Britain’s post-Brexit economic performance has been referenced in The Daily Mail and … Continue reading “Britain no longer lags behind EU superpowers post-Brexit”