Questions and answers about coronavirus and the UK economy

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Prices & interest rates

Banks & financial markets • 05 Jan 21

Are Bitcoin and other digital currencies the future of money?
Recession & recovery • 07 Jul 20

Is the Covid-19 recession caused by supply or demand factors?
Business, big & small • 30 Oct 20

How is coronavirus affecting the UK’s retail sector?
Prices & interest rates • 22 Feb 21

How has Brexit affected the value of sterling?
Prices & interest rates • 15 Jul 20

After coronavirus: deflation or inflation?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 27 Jul 20

What are the fiscal consequences of the UK response to coronavirus?
Prices & interest rates • 23 Jun 20

How has coronavirus affected prices in the supermarket?
Prices & interest rates • 18 Aug 20

How did central banks respond to the coronavirus crisis?
Prices & interest rates • 09 Apr 21

How are economic models adapting to rising inequality and the pandemic?
Recession & recovery • 20 Jul 20

Should Modern Monetary Theory inform economic policy in the crisis?
Prices & interest rates • 27 May 20

Quantitative easing and monetary financing: what’s the difference?
Prices & interest rates • 22 Dec 20

Do we need a new constitution for central banking?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 27 May 20

What is the size of the fiscal multiplier?
Families & households • 05 Oct 20

Might coronavirus bring a lasting shift to online spending?
Prices & interest rates • 28 Aug 20

Should the Bank of England use negative interest rates in response to the crisis?
Prices & interest rates • 27 May 20

‘Monetary financing’: is it happening and what are the dangers?
Prices & interest rates • 25 May 20

How can we measure consumer price inflation in a lockdown?
Prices & interest rates • 29 May 20

What should we do about price gouging?
Aid & international development • 07 Aug 20

How is coronavirus affecting emerging markets and developing economies?
Nations, regions & cities • 19 Jan 21

Why are supermarket shelves in Northern Ireland empty?
Business, big & small • 30 Nov 20

How can competition authorities tackle price rises in a crisis?
Prices & interest rates • 24 Jul 20

After coronavirus, can the housing market support economic recovery?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 13 Apr 21

How might Uber drivers’ new status as workers affect the gig economy?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 11 May 21

How might increases in the UK minimum wage affect jobs, work and pay?
Data stories • 23 Dec 20

How has the cost of Christmas dinner changed over the years?
Prices & interest rates • 02 Feb 21

How has the Fed responded to the Covid-19 recession?
Business, big & small • 14 Dec 20

How is coronavirus affecting retailers in the run-up to Christmas?
Energy & climate change • 04 Feb 21

How green are central banks?
Prices & interest rates • 23 Feb 21

Can central bank balance sheets handle the challenges of Covid-19?
Prices & interest rates • 31 Mar 21

What will be the impact of changes in the US monetary policy framework?
Prices & interest rates • 10 Mar 21

Will scrapping the tampon tax help to reduce period poverty?

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