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#Chancellor, fix the roof!🏚️

"We need to call time on fiscal wishful thinking.

The sun may not be shining, but it’s still the moment to fix the roof – before the next storm hits" 🌦️🌩️

Ahead of the #Budget our Director's piece for Comment Central is a must read 👇
The sun might not be shining, but it’s time to fix the roof
Within the space of a week, the Chancellor has delivered a pre-Budget signal, rowed back from it, and left the impression of a government unsure of its fiscal bearings. One could be forgiven for…
commentcentral.co.uk
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'Chancellor let's stop paying a credibility #tax'!

Our Director David Aikman setting the scene ahead of the #Budget2025

Follow our live reactions here ⚡️

#Budget #UKeconomy
November 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Will today's #Budget boost productivity?
Get a head start on how the budget will impact productivity: podfollow.com/productivity...

@bartvanark.bsky.social is joined by @teraallas.bsky.social (@alliancembs.bsky.social), Louise Hellem (CBI) & @econstevem.bsky.social (@niesrorg.bsky.social).
Productivity Puzzles: Will We Get a Productive Budget?
The Chancellor’s Budget is on the horizon. Will it bring higher taxes, deeper cuts, or more borrowing? Does the Budget really matter for productivity? And how does productivity shape the Budget? ...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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#Budget week is (finally) here! But what should we be really looking out for on Wednesday? 💼

Our Peter Dixon answers four key questions in the latest #MondayInterview, just published 👇

#Budget2025 #Chancellor #UKeconomy
@resmedia.bsky.social

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November 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Tomorrow is #Budget Day - And the day after tomorrow is our event presenting our analysis on it and discussing all the various announcements with PGIM and CBI, chaired by @teraallas.bsky.social

💻Online ⏰ 1-2pm

Signed up here👇

#Budget2025 #UKeconomy #Chancellor

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November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
niesrorg.bsky.social
#Budget week is (finally) here! But what should we be really looking out for on Wednesday? 💼

Our Peter Dixon answers four key questions in the latest #MondayInterview, just published 👇

#Budget2025 #Chancellor #UKeconomy
@resmedia.bsky.social

niesr.ac.uk/blog/four-ke...
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
niesrorg.bsky.social
#Chancellor, fix the roof!🏚️

"We need to call time on fiscal wishful thinking.

The sun may not be shining, but it’s still the moment to fix the roof – before the next storm hits" 🌦️🌩️

Ahead of the #Budget our Director's piece for Comment Central is a must read 👇
The sun might not be shining, but it’s time to fix the roof
Within the space of a week, the Chancellor has delivered a pre-Budget signal, rowed back from it, and left the impression of a government unsure of its fiscal bearings. One could be forgiven for…
commentcentral.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
niesrorg.bsky.social
*NEW* pre-#Budget video with our Deputy Director @econstevem.bsky.social

What is trend growth? Why it matters? What can the #Government do about it?

Worth a watch ahead of next week ⬇️🎥

#Budget2025 #AutumnBudget #UKeconomy #Chancellor
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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#WeekendReading 🔖 Our latest #CPI Tracker suggesting that, despite the expected fall in the latest numbers earlier in the week, #inflation will remain above 3% over the next 6 months 📈

Here is why 👇

#UKeconomy #interestrates #Budget2025

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November 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
niesrorg.bsky.social
#WeekendReading🔖 The latest #DirectorView

The 'Dean Trench' Weekly Memo from explores explores the channels through which the #Budget can impact borrowing costs and shows how a credible fiscal plan could potentially lower gilt yields and earn a ‘credibility dividend’

niesr.ac.uk/blog/how-mig...
November 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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#WeekendWatching🔖 Our pre-#Budget video with Director David Aikman outlining where the actual issues lie, how to address the fiscal gap in the public finances, and the role of #fiscalrules ⬇️🎥

#Budget #AutumnBudget #UKeconomy #Chancellor
November 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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#WeekendReading🔖 Forget MAGA... what matters in the UK is MOBA!

*Make the OBR Boring Again*

Our Director David Aikman explains why in his latest piece for @cityam.bsky.social
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Make the OBR boring again
The OBR should be independent, trusted and uncontroversial - so it needs a rules-based framework in which to operate, otherwise it will continue to come under attack
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November 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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#WeekendReading🔖 What is fiscal sustainability? How to define it?

And what can the #Chancellor do in the upcoming #Budget to achieve it?

Our latest #MondayInterview by @econstevem.bsky.social tries to provide some answers👇

#FiscalPolicy #Budget2025

niesr.ac.uk/blog/what-ar...
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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"We need to call time on fiscal wishful thinking.

What’s needed in the #AutumnBudget is a credible plan to reduce #debt – not just over this Parliament but over the decade ahead."

Our Director David Aikman's latest piece for Comment Central is out now!

commentcentral.co.uk/the-sun-migh...
The sun might not be shining, but it’s time to fix the roof
Within the space of a week, the Chancellor has delivered a pre-Budget signal, rowed back from it, and left the impression of a government unsure of its fiscal bearings. One could be forgiven for feel...
commentcentral.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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productivity.bsky.social
For an in-depth Budget discussion, listen to the latest ep. of Productivity Puzzles, w/ @teraallas.bsky.social (@alliancembs.bsky.social), @econstevem.bsky.social (@niesrorg.bsky.social) & Louise Hellem (CBI): www.productivity.ac.uk/podcast/will...

#Budget #Budget2025 #Productivity #Policy #Podcast
Will We Get a Productive Budget? - The Productivity Institute
Does the Budget really matter for productivity? And how does productivity shape the Budget?
www.productivity.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
niesrorg.bsky.social
The UK bond market is highly sensitive as it approaches next week’s #Budget. This blog explores the channels through which the #Budget can impact borrowing costs and shows how a credible fiscal plan could potentially lower gilt yields and earn a ‘credibility dividend’.

niesr.ac.uk/blog/how-mig...
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
niesrorg.bsky.social
*NEW* pre-#Budget video with our Deputy Director @econstevem.bsky.social

What is trend growth? Why it matters? What can the #Government do about it?

Worth a watch ahead of next week ⬇️🎥

#Budget2025 #AutumnBudget #UKeconomy #Chancellor
@resmedia.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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What to make of today's #inflation figures? They suggest a mixed picture...

Our Huw Dixon digs deep into the numbers and provide some insights in his #blog, just published
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@cu-cardiffbusiness.bsky.social
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November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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🚨OUT NOW🚨 Our latest #CPI Tracker suggests that, despite the expected fall today, #inflation will remain above 3% over the next 6 months 📈

Here is why 👇

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November 19, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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econstevem.bsky.social
With the budget happening next week, I was able to discuss the links between the budget and productivity on this podcast hosted by @bartvanark.bsky.social together with the excellent @teraallas.bsky.social and Louise Hellem. Well worth a listen! @niesrorg.bsky.social @jagjitchadha.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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⚡️Our reaction to the latest #inflation figures is out now⚡️

#UKeconomy
#InterestRates
@resmedia.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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⚡️Latest forecast paints a gloomy picture for #inflation well into 2026 📈

Ahead of tomorrow's latest ONS monthly data on inflation read our Huw Dixon's blog 👇

#UKeconomy
@cu-cardiffbusiness.bsky.social
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November 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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niesrorg.bsky.social
What is fiscal sustainability? How to define it?

And what the #Chancellor do in the upcoming #Budget to achieve it?

Read our latest #MondayInterview by @econstevem.bsky.social , just published 👇

#FiscalPolicy #UKeconomy
@resmedia.bsky.social

niesr.ac.uk/blog/what-ar...
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
niesrorg.bsky.social
What is fiscal sustainability? How to define it?

And what the #Chancellor do in the upcoming #Budget to achieve it?

Read our latest #MondayInterview by @econstevem.bsky.social , just published 👇

#FiscalPolicy #UKeconomy
@resmedia.bsky.social

niesr.ac.uk/blog/what-ar...
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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"We can, and should, have two #OBR forecasts a year but one #Budget"

The way to avoid short-termism is not to silence the OBR but to build more headroom into the fiscal rules"

Our Director David Aikman's letter in the @financialtimes.com today is worth a read 📨👇

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Letter: The OBR’s problem is not a lack of transparency
From David Aikman, Director, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London SW1, UK
www.ft.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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#WeekendReading 🔖 Our latest #GDP Tracker suggesting the UK economy is running out of steam ahead of the #Budget and is now expected to grow by 0.2% in the last quarter of the year 📈

Read more here 👇

niesr.ac.uk/publications...
November 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM