Responding to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement, Mark Littlewood, Director General at free market think tank the Institute of Economic … Continue reading “A step in the right direction, not a leap, says IEA’s Mark Littlewood”

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’”

Trade economist Catherine McBride has written for The Daily Express, discussing the findings of her new paper, Has Brexit Really … Continue reading “UK-EU trade shows little new friction”

Has Brexit Really Harmed UK Trade? Countering the Office for Budget Responsibility’s claims, a new paper contradicting assumptions by examining … Continue reading “OBR’s claims on Brexit under scrutiny”

The Shadow Monetary Policy Committee’s recommendation that the Bank of England should cut interest rates has been mentioned in The … Continue reading “Unchanged interest rates risk recession”

Has Brexit Really Harmed UK Trade? Countering the Office for Budget Responsibility’s claims, a new paper contradicting assumptions by examining … Continue reading “Trade patterns fail to show negative Brexit effects”

Has Brexit Really Harmed UK Trade? Countering the Office for Budget Responsibility’s claims, a new paper contradicting assumptions by examining … Continue reading “Brexit had no major impact on UK–EU trade”