Consumption and prices

Longer-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dietary purchasing choices of British households

Report

Takeaways and meal delivery grew by more than 50% during the pandemic – and have stayed high thereafter.

4 April 2024

Spring Budget 2024

Collection

All our analysis of the Spring Budget 2024. Includes research, comment, explainers and more.

6 March 2024

Saving by buying ahead: stockpiling in response to lump-sum payments

Journal article

This study uses variations in state income tax refunds over time to estimate consumption responses to lump-sum payments.

2 February 2024

The economic stories that will shape 2024

Podcast

As we enter the new year, we take a look ahead at what to expect in 2024.

5 January 2024

Adverse selection among early adopters and unraveling innovation

Working Paper

I provide an equilibrium analysis of 'selection markets,' where consumers vary in both their willingness to pay and the cost to the seller.

18 December 2023

Inflation measurement with high frequency data

Working Paper

We use 8 years of data on 178 consumer product categories to compare bilateral and multilateral index number methods for computing monthly inflation.

18 October 2023

The materials that shape our economy

Podcast

In this episode, we speak with Ed Conway, Economics Editor at Sky News and author of a new book Material World: The Making of Civilisation.

13 September 2023

Tax and public finances: the fundamentals

Report

This report highlights 10 key facts about UK tax and public finance policy that will underpin the choices faced by governments in coming decades.

23 August 2023

Stubborn inflation puts PM's target in jeopardy

Comment

In January of this year, the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, set out his five priorities for 2023, one of which was halving inflation.

16 August 2023

Targeting taxes on local externalities

Working Paper

We consider optimal anonymous consumption taxes in situations where the magnitude of an externality varies with individuals who cause it.

14 August 2023

Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2023

Report

We investigate how living standards have changed for different groups in the UK, with a particular focus on the cost of living payments and housing.

13 July 2023

Poverty

Report

We investigate recent trends in poverty, and government policies aimed at alleviating it.

13 July 2023

Don’t cheer end of earnings squeeze: there is more pain to come

Comment

Paul Johnson writes for The Times on the pain to come for households and the public finances.

19 June 2023

Fruit and vegetable aisle in supermarket

What's wrong with inflation?

Podcast

Inflation continues to affect the UK economy - we speak to two experts on inflation who explain the bigger picture.

10 May 2023

Old age risks, consumption, and insurance

Working Paper

We measure the effects of income and health shocks on consumption among U.S. households over age 65.

21 March 2023

The Spring Budget explained

Podcast

We provide our analysis on the Chancellor's Spring Budget.

16 March 2023

Are high energy prices here to stay?

Podcast

As we leave winter and enter spring, we ask whether high energy prices are here to stay

8 March 2023

The cost of living crisis: a pre-Budget briefing

Report

The recent surge in inflation, driven by spectacular increases in energy prices, has driven sharp falls in household living standards.

22 February 2023

A monetary-fiscal theory of sudden inflations

Working Paper

This paper posits an information channel as the explanation for sudden inflations.

20 December 2022

Even with inflation uprating, benefits next year are on course to be 6% below their pre-pandemic levels

Comment

Even if the government uprates benefits with inflation, the real value of benefits will be 6% below their pre-pandemic levels.

19 October 2022

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Longer-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dietary purchasing choices of British households

Spring Budget 2024

Saving by buying ahead: stockpiling in response to lump-sum payments

The economic stories that will shape 2024

Adverse selection among early adopters and unraveling innovation

Inflation measurement with high frequency data

The materials that shape our economy

Tax and public finances: the fundamentals

Stubborn inflation puts PM's target in jeopardy

Targeting taxes on local externalities

Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2023

Poverty

Don’t cheer end of earnings squeeze: there is more pain to come

What's wrong with inflation?

Old age risks, consumption, and insurance

The Spring Budget explained

Are high energy prices here to stay?

The cost of living crisis: a pre-Budget briefing

A monetary-fiscal theory of sudden inflations

Even with inflation uprating, benefits next year are on course to be 6% below their pre-pandemic levels

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