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Productivity & growth

Public spending, taxes & debt • 20 May 24

Which taxes are best and worst for growth?
Nations, regions & cities • 22 Mar 24

The phoenix that never rises: what’s holding back Pakistan’s economy?
Nations, regions & cities • 01 May 25

How should Africa respond to America’s new foreign economic policy?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 22 Sep 22

The shift to working from home: how has it affected productivity?
Nations, regions & cities • 29 May 25

How did semiconductors become so central to Taiwan’s economic progress?
Productivity & growth • 29 Jan 24

The UK’s productivity gap: what did it look like twenty years ago?
Productivity & growth • 14 Mar 24

How can the UK revive its ailing productivity?
Productivity & growth • 16 Jan 24

Boosting productivity: why doesn’t the UK invest enough?
Science, technology & innovation • 19 Mar 25

The personalisation economy: how is AI affecting businesses and markets?
Energy & climate change • 04 Nov 24

Degrowth: is there any consensus on whether it might be a good idea?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 14 May 24

Can investment tax reform boost economic growth?
Schools, universities & training • 14 Jul 21

Which investments in human capital will boost productivity growth?
Productivity & growth • 15 May 25

What are the short-term prospects for UK economic growth?
Banks & financial markets • 17 Feb 25

Bond markets and the UK’s public finances: what’s been going on?
Productivity & growth • 15 Jan 24

What explains the UK’s productivity problem?
Productivity & growth • 28 Oct 25

How might the UK’s new approach to migration affect the economy?
Productivity & growth • 23 Jan 24

How is regional inequality affecting the UK’s economic performance?
Productivity & growth • 22 Oct 25

What policies could kick-start economic growth in the UK?
Families & households • 27 Feb 23

How does the housing market affect UK productivity?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 28 Oct 24

What share of the economic pie goes to workers?
Productivity & growth • 06 Feb 26

How could falling birth rates reshape the global economy?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 20 Oct 21

How does climate change affect workers’ productivity?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 30 May 24

The UK’s public finances: is it time to reform the fiscal rules?
Trade & supply chains • 14 Jul 25

How do new technologies spread across the global economy?
Prices & interest rates • 03 Jun 24

What are the future prospects for UK inflation?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 11 Nov 24

Good work: what do we know about the quality of UK jobs?
Trade & supply chains • 22 Jan 25

Foreign and domestic protectionism: what impact on the British economy?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 11 Dec 24

What are the links between job vacancies, unemployment and inflation?
Trade & supply chains • 09 Jun 25

What are the consequences of market power in supply chains?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 30 Sep 24

What’s the economic inheritance of the new UK government?
Productivity & growth • 14 Jan 26

Have the UK’s northern cities really experienced a productivity miracle?
Nations, regions & cities • 29 Apr 21

What explains Northern Ireland’s long-standing problem of low productivity?
Families & households • 01 Feb 24

How might house prices affect workers’ productivity in OECD economies?
Nations, regions & cities • 13 Jun 24

What transport policies could improve the UK’s productivity?
Productivity & growth • 09 Apr 25

The UK’s new industrial strategy: what can we learn from past policies?
Nations, regions & cities • 19 Nov 24

Devolution at 25: how has productivity changed in the devolved nations?
Schools, universities & training • 18 Jan 24

How can education and skills policy in England boost productivity?
Nations, regions & cities • 04 Jun 25

Lessons from Andalusia: how can policy-makers promote economic growth?
Productivity & growth • 21 Nov 25

How do the target sectors in the UK’s Industrial Strategy compare across the G7?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 29 Oct 24

Ahead of the autumn 2024 budget, what’s the state of the UK economy?
Productivity & growth • 15 Sep 25

What role has farming played in Britain’s long-term economic development?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 23 May 20

Who can work from home and how does it affect their productivity?
Productivity & growth • 22 Jan 24

Can digital innovation, including AI, improve productivity growth?
Lessons from history • 17 Apr 25

What’s the historical context for Britain’s low productivity growth?
Business, big & small • 22 Jul 25

The UK’s new industrial strategy: what does it mean for Manchester?
Nations, regions & cities • 03 Jun 25

Lagging regions: what can policy-makers learn from Wyoming?
Science, technology & innovation • 19 Nov 25

The rise of artificial intelligence: What next for the UK economy?
Science, technology & innovation • 29 Apr 24

How can public investment in research improve UK economic performance?
Business, big & small • 10 Sep 25

Which policies could reduce the long-term costs of Brexit for UK firms?
Business, big & small • 05 Nov 24

How is competition changing across the UK economy?

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