And now I’ve learned to do links - really interested in any thoughts on the proposal re fiscal definitions in this piece: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/financi...

New towns locations, design proposals and planning recommendations - all published today www.gov.uk/government/p....
Together with a positive government response

Tedious how this argument keeps on. Household size is unchanged -but we expected a fall with increasing age. The big rise in young adults living with parents, numbers in temp housing and recent rental inflation suggest supply issues. ‘It’s all about supply’ is simplistic- so is the opposite.

I’m surprised by 2 things - those prepared to pay me significant sums to speak and by contrast those who believe I’m a free good prepared to help them profit from a commercial event

Supporting?

Laugh track - The National

Liverpool is always great to visit- especially Royal Liver Building - but I’m biased

Agree. And possibly desperate

Agree about undersaving. But will people look at the dashboards? They probably don’t look at the DC info already sent

Even my non economist husband spotted that oddity . But he was sorry as for some reason it inspired me to explain why the big sectoral imbalances have to balance.

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Technicians play an important role in delivering growth, productivity and innovation, but there is an increasing shortage. Read Professor Dame @athenedonald.bsky.social's new piece for the Productivity Policy Unit to find out more: www.productivity.ac.uk/news/the-rol...

Good piece. I find myself pining for the 5 drivers

The world in banking has apparently stayed in the 1980s

Media and other commentary on todays GDP and yesterday’s CPI combines undue weight on monthly numbers and, very often, a lack of interest in what is actually being measured and the range of uncertainty

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Terrific result!

Or the windy pitch

It’s a tradition. They are inexplicable

Ha ha

Hope it won’t disappoint those interested in economics that my first post here is to say I hope Stoke City can keep Tom Cannon

It’s a great road to drive