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    Cyrille Lenoel discusses the UK Economy after the release of our Summer UK Economic Outlook

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2021 14:50


    Our Summer UK Economic Outlook, published in August 2021, suggest that – while headline growth and business optimism are strong – the recovery is not yet broad-based, being principally driven by the re-opening of a few sectors. Cyrille Lenoel, Principal Economist at NIESR, discusses the short-term outlook with Luca Pieri (Senior Communications Manager). You can read the Summer UK Outlook here: https://www.niesr.ac.uk/publications/uk-economic-outlook-summer-2021-emerging-shadow-covid-19

    NIESR Talks - Post Election Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2019 16:36


    In this special post Election podcast, Jagjit Chadha talks with Garry Young and Arno Hantzsche about the policy decisions and fiscal plans that lay ahead for the new government.

    NIESR Talks General Election 2019 Episode 4: Regional Divides

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2019 15:39


    NIESR's Director Jagjit Chadha talks with our Ana Rincon-Aznar and David Nguyen about some of the main regional disparities in the UK and what could be done to address them. This podcast is part of the 'NIESR Talks General Election 2019' series, aimed at better informing the public ahead of the General Election. We would like to thank the Nuffield Foundation for their support.

    NIESR Talks General Election 2019 Episode 3: Effective Education Policy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019 16:15


    NIESR's Director Jagjit Chadha talks with our Stefan Speckesser and Elena Lisauskaite about what makes an effective education policy and which areas should the incoming government focuses on. This podcast is part of the 'NIESR Talks General Election 2019' series, aimed at better informing the public ahead of the General Election. We would like to thank the Nuffield Foundation for their support.

    NIESR Talks General Election 2019 Episode 2: The Economy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2019 17:17


    NIESR's Director Jagjit Chadha talks with Director of Macroeconomic Modelling & Forecasting Garry Young and Head of Global Themes Amit Kara about the effects of the Brexit vote on the UK economy and how the developments of the global economy might affect the UK. This podcast is part of the 'NIESR Talks General Election 2019' series, aimed at better informing the public ahead of the General Election. We would like to thank the Nuffield Foundation for their support.

    NIESR Talks General Election 2019 Episode 1: Minimum Wages

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2019 15:37


    NIESR's Director Jagjit Chadha talks with Senior Economist Andrew Aitken and Senior Social Researcher Johnny Runge about the economics of Minimum Wages as part of our research to better inform the public ahead of the General Election. We would like to thank the Nuffield Foundation for their support.

    Behind the scenes at "The next decade of finance" Conference, July 2019, St Louis

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2019 20:10


    At the margins of a recent conference organised by OMFIF and the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis , NIESR's Principal Economist Arno Hantzsche discussed short and long term risks and opportunities for the global economy with some of the speakers: Bart van Ark, Executive Vice-President and Chief Economist, The Conference Board Javier Perez, Director, Economic Developments Department, Banco de España Catherine Saget, Chief of the Work, Income and Equity Unit, International Labour Organization

    Learning how to learn: how and why Growth Mindset may work for your school

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2019 10:22


    NIESR's Associate Research Director Heather Rolfe talks to Paola Buonadonna about the findings in her evaluation of Growth Mindset interventions in English schools, published on 12/7/19

    Taking the pulse of the nation's economy three years after the vote to leave the EU

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2019 13:50


    Paola Buonadonna discusses NIESR's most recent data releases with Senior Economist Arno Hantzsche. Three years after the vote to leave the EU and in the midst of a Brexit related Conservative Leadership election uncertainty still dominates,

    Policies for a no-deal Brexit

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2019 17:55


    Paola Buonadonna and senior NIESR economist Arno Hantzsche discuss what can be done to mitigate the immediate economic damage of a no-deal Brexit, You can find more information on NIESR's last quarterly forecasts before the UK is due to exit the EU on our website here: https://www.niesr.ac.uk/media/press-release-prospects-uk-economy-13637

    Could Brexit be bad for our health and social care sectors?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2018 12:07


    Heather Rolfe and David Nguyen discuss the findings of NIESR's latest report on the effects of Brexit-related labour shortages in the UK health and social care sector. You can find the full report here https://www.niesr.ac.uk/publications/brexit-and-health-social-care-workforce-uk and Heather's blog here: https://www.niesr.ac.uk/blog/brexit-risks-putting-social-care-critical-list

    All in a day's work - the changing landscape of labour economics

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2018 17:50


    As NIESR published its November 2018 Economic Review- an issue devoted to the Institute's 80th birthday - Paola Buonadonna talks to NIESR Research Director Peter Dolton about the changing trends in labour economics. Peter's article on the same theme is outside the paywall and available for all to read here: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/002795011824600112 Peter's blog explaining the main ten trends of the last few years is here: https://www.niesr.ac.uk/blog/ten-important-facts-about-uk-labour-market-today

    The public's perception of immigration - what role does the media play?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2018 17:15


    Associate Research Director Heather Rolfe talks to Gary Gibbon, Political Editor of Channel 4 News about what role broadcast media plays in framing people's negative perceptions of immigration. They talked after the public launch of a new in-depth report by NIESR entitled "Post-Brexit Immigration Policy: Reconciling Public Perceptions with Economic Evidence", funded by the Leverhulme Trust. You can find the report on NIESR's website on www.niesr.ac.uk

    Promoting transgender equality: are social workers up to the challenge?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2018 8:30


    Nathan Hudson-Sharp tells Paola Buonadonna that his latest research shows the majority of child and family social workers have very little education and training on gender variance and transgender issues. His report, "Transgender awareness in child and family social work education", was published today by the Department for Education.

    Is there light at the end of the fiscal tunnel?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2018 15:33


    The Commentary of the May 2018 NIESR Economic Review argues the time has come to ease fiscal austerity. Paola Buonadonna discusses what options are open to the Government with Arno Hantzsche, a Senior Economist at the Institute.

    Why is Britain not getting a pay rise?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2018 10:04


    UK wages have not yet returned to pre-recession levels, despite a very low unemployment rate. Why are UK workers finding it so difficult to negotiate a pay rise? Prof David Bell of Sterling University discusses his latest research - co-authored with Danny Blanchflower - for the February 2018 issue of the NIESR Economic Review.

    Better Schools For All?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2018 10:00


    Paola Buonadonna talks to Lucy Stokes about new research on school performance for the National Institute Economic Review. This special issue of the Review, out on 7 February 2018, was produced in collaboration with UCL Institute of Education as part of work funded by the Nuffield Foundation.

    Look Ahead 2018, Ep 4: The price vs the cost of Brexit

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2017 12:50


    In the fourth and final episode of a series of podcasts looking ahead to 2018 Paola Buonadonna talks to NIESR's Director, Prof Jagjit Chadha, about the price of the exit deal and the economic cost of Brexit.

    Look Ahead 2018, Ep 3: The trade-offs on trade

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2017 11:50


    Paola Buonadonna talks to Dr Monique Ebell about the difficult trade-offs the UK is faced with in the coming year as it negotiates a new relationship with the EU. This is the third of series of podcasts looking ahead to economic and social developments to keep an eye on in 2018,

    Look Ahead 2018, Ep 2 : What will happen with EU migration?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2017 10:58


    In the second of a series of podcasts looking ahead to economic and social developments to keep an eye on in 2018 Paola Buonadonna and NIESR Associate Research Director Heather Rolfe discuss the latest agreement on EU citizens rights post-Brexit and the future of EU immigration.

    Look Ahead 2018, Ep 1 : Meanwhile, back in the Eurozone..

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2017 9:55


    In the first of a series of podcasts looking ahead to economic and developments to keep an eye on in 2018 Paola Buonadonna and senior NIESR economist Arno Hantzsche discuss what to expect from the ECB in and the likelihood of reform in the Euro area.

    Is the UK's obsession with housing wealth making the country poorer?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2017 16:08


    Britain's productivity puzzle is turning into a nightmare, with a further decade of slow growth predicted by some. Paola Buonadonna speaks to NIESR Associate Research Director Monique Ebell about a report she recently co-authored, which could provide a piece of the jigsaw.

    Behind the scenes at the LLAKES Assisi Workshop on Productivity, Innovation & Intangible Investments

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2017 13:15


    Is the West doomed to a 'new normal' of low growth? And what is the role played by skills and other intangible assets in driving productivity performance? Paola Buonadonna meets Jakob Madsen, Rebecca Riley and Geoff Mason who presented their latest ESRC-backed research at at the recent LLAKES conference in Assisi.

    EU Customs Union - what happens when the 'interim period' is over?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2017 9:10


    Dr Monique Ebell, an experts on international trade at NIESR welcomes the Government's suggestion of an interim period during which Britain would remain in the EU Customs Union post-Brexit, but asks : what then?

    The UK Labour Market Story: It's Complicated

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2017 6:17


    Paola Buonadonna talks to NIESR Senior Economist Rebecca Piggott about the complex, and somewhat contradictory trends she is witnessing in the UK labour market.

    Is NHS funding in crisis?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2017 9:34


    In the run-up to the General Election of June 2017 Paola Buonadonna talks to NIESR Research Director Peter Dolton about the state of NHS financing and what the three main parties aim to do about it.

    Infrastructure in the UK

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2017 6:50


    In the run-up to the General Election of June 2017 Paola Buonadonna talks to Amit Kara, Head of UK Macroeconomic Forecasting about the state of infrastructure in the UK: is it time to build?

    Some basic facts about immigration

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2017 6:24


    In the run-up to the General Election of June 2017 Paola Buonadonna talks to NIESR Associate Reserach Director Heather Rolfe about perceptions and reality in the debate about immigration.

    The UK economic landscape ahead of the General Election 2017

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2017 5:22


    Paola Buonadonna talks to NIESR economist James Warren about the UK economic landscape, based on NIESR's latest quarterly forecast published in the May Economic Review - the last one ahead of the UK General Election.

    What's our economic outlook as we push the Brexit button?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2017 2:38


    NIESR forecaster James Warren tells Paola Buonadonna how the Institute the UK economy to perform as Brexit negotiations get underway.

    What is ESCoE?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2017 2:35


    Rebecca Riley, Director of the newly created Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE), tells Paola Buonadonna about its origin, mission and busy research programme

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    NIESR's Brexit Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2017 17:21


    Five NIESR researchers discuss the triggering of Art 50 with Paola Buonadonna : our economic outlook as we enter the negotiations, its repercussions on trade, the economic dilemmas facing the PM, the issue of immigration and the questions of our ongoing relationship with Europe.

    Prof Martin Weale: handling Brexit is the most pressing problem facing the UK economy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2017 1:05


    Martin Weale, former NIESR Director, former member of the Monetary Policy and now Professor of Economics at King's College London explains why Brexit negotiations are the biggest challenge the UK economy currently faces.

    EU Customs Union - The Pros And Cons Of Staying In

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2017 1:56


    Dr Monique Ebell, who has been researching the effects of different types of trade agreements have on the volumes of trade explains the advantages and disadvantages of Britain remaining part of the Customs Union with the EU.

    Trading Places: Preparing Ourselves for Life Outside the Single Market

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2017 12:12


    With Britain set to trigger the start of the negotiations to exit the EU, and the Single Market, by the end of the month Paola Buonadonna talks to NIESR Fellow Dr Monique Ebell about her research on the effects that different types of trade agreements have on the volume of trade.

    Behind the scenes at the ONS Conference on Economic Statistics in a Digital Age

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2017 18:25


    Paola Buonadonna explores the challenges facing economic statisticians attempting to capture the modern economy in a digital age in five conversations, recorded behind the scenes at the recent ONS conference. Featuring John Pullinger, UK National Statistician, Joe Grice, former Chief Economist and Chairman of the ONS Economic Experts, Prof Martin Weale, King's College London, Prof Diane Coyle, Manchester University and NIESR's Rebecca Riley, Director of the newly created Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE).

    The Use of Agency Workers in the Public Sector

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2017 9:28


    Paola Buonadonna talks to NIESR researcher Nathan Hudson-Sharp about the his latest research into the use of agency workers in the public sector, the most comprehensive analysis to date. The report, co-authored with NIESR's Heather Rolfe and Johnny Runge, concludes that the staffing crisis pushes NHS staff into agency working.

    Getting better with age? The experiences and impact of older workers

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2017 10:37


    Paola Buonadonna talks to NIESR Research Fellow Lucy Stokes about a recent report she co-authored on "Older Workers and the Workplace", for the Department of Work and Pensions. In what was the first UK study which used national representative data for private sector workplaces Lucy looked at prevalence of older workers, their satisfaction levels and their impact on productivity with interesting results ...

    Economic Measurement and Analysis - Podcast of the Conference in Honour of Martin Weale

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2017 13:01


    Behind the scenes at NIESR's Conference in honour of Martin Weale Paola Buonadonna talks to a veritable 'assumption of economists', including Jagjit Chadha, David Vines, Andrew Harvey, Mary O'Mahoney and Martin Weale. Between them, they tackle the challenges facing economic modelling, understanding financial markets and the influence of extreme events, the productivity puzzle and the problems facing the UK economy in 2017.

    Look Ahead 2017 - Episode 4: Does forecasting have a future?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2016 13:39


    NIESR's Director, Prof Jagjit Chadha discusses economic forecasting with Paola Buonadonna. "Behind the numbers is a story. Our job is to understand which story did happen amongst all the alternatives"

    Look Ahead 2017 - Episode 3: What will happen with the Brexit negotiations?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2016 12:30


    Dr Angus Armstrong, NIESR's Director of Macroeconomics and Senior Fellow at the ESRC's 'UK in a changing Europe' Programme talks to Paola Buonadonna about the challenges and opportunities raised by the UK exit negotiations with the EU in 2017.

    Look Ahead 2017- Episode 2: How will employers cope with reductions in EU migration?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2016 14:16


    Heather Rolfe, NIESR's Associate Research Director talks to Paola Buonadonna about the role EU migrants play in the British economy and how British employers would cope with a reduction in their number.

    Doyne Farmer: can computing technology help macroeconomics?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2016 2:33


    Doyne Farmer, Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University, moderated a session on computing technology and macroeconomics at NIESR's recent "Rethinking Macroeconomics Conference". Here is a taster of what emerged in the session.

    David Tuckett on how psychology, sociology and anthropology feed into macroeconomics

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2016 2:29


    David Tuckett, Director of the Centre for Decision-Making Uncertainty at UCL, discusses the themes explored in the session covering perspectives from psychology, sociology and anthropology at NIESR's recent "Rethinking Macroeconomics Conference".

    Roger Farmer : we need a better way forward for macroeconomic policy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2016 1:33


    Roger Farmer, Distinguished Economics Professor at UCLA and NIESR Research Director, discusses why macroeconomics is no longer fit for purpose at the recent NIESR's "Rethinking Macroeconomic Conference".

    Angus Armstrong on the Rethinking Macroeconomics Conference

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2016 1:16


    Angus Armstrong, NIESR's Director of Macroeconomics, looks back at the issues raised by NIESR's recent Rethinking Macroeconomics Conference.

    Soumaya Keynes on the three big questions facing macroeconomics

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2016 2:30


    The Economist's Soumaya Keynes talks to Paola Buonadonna about the three big questions facing the world of macroeconomics, after moderating a session at our "Rethinking Macroecnomics Conference" on 29th November 2016

    Paul Mason on the Big Questions in Macroeconomics

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2016 2:43


    Journalist and author Paul Mason, was one of the keynote speakers at NIESR's recent Rethinking Macroeconomics Conference. Here he sums up what the "big questions" are.

    Look Ahead 2017 - Episode one : Globalisation

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2016 13:11


    Look Ahead 2017 is a new series of podcasts by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, discussing the events, trends and processes to watch out for in the coming year. In episode one Paola Buonadonna talks to Roger Farmer, Distinguished Professor of Macroeconomics at UCLA, recently appointed Research Director NIESR, about what is going to happen to globalisation.

    Rethinking Macroeconomics: Conference podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2016 13:05


    On 29/11/16 the National Institute held a conference entitled: "Rethinking Macroeconomics" to start a discussion about what needs to be done to transform macroeconomics back into a useful policy science. Twelve panellists, divided in four sessions, explored the big questions on the horizons with the help of a very engaged audience. For this podcast NIESR's Paola Buonadonna spoke to journalist and author Paul Mason, Soumaya Keynes (The Economist), Doyne Farmer (Professor of mathematics, Oxford), David Tuckett(Director of the Centre for Decision-Making Uncertainty, UCL), macroeconomist Roger Farmer (UCL, Warwick and NIESR) and Angus Armstrong, Director of Macroeconomics at NIESR.

    The Scott Sumner Seminar - The Great Recession and Nominal GDP Targeting

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2016 75:13


    Scott Sumner is the Ralph G. Hawtrey Chair of Monetary Policy at the Mercatus Center and a prominent blogger (TheMoneyIllusion.com, Econlog). His research is in the field of monetary economics, particularly the role of the gold standard in the Great Depression, which he explored in a book entitled “The Midas Paradox” published in 2015. He has also published in the Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, and Economic Inquiry. His policy work has focused on the importance of expectations, particularly the idea of using futures markets to guide monetary policy. In this seminar Sumner will argue that the Great Recession has been widely misdiagnosed, and was primarily caused by an excessively tight monetary policy by the Fed, the ECB and most other major central banks.

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