Tim Knox and Ryan Bourne - 08 September 2012
On each of the three main international surveys of UK competitiveness, the UK has improved its ranking since 2010. This is after a period of significant decline between 1997 and 2010.
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Michael Johnson - 29 February 2012
Michael Johnson suggests that the industry should establish a new annuities clearing house; a marketplace in which all annuity providers participate.
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Ryan Bourne - 05 December 2011
An update to previous work, this Factsheet shows that the inflation forecasting performance of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee continues to deteriorate.
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Lord Flight - 10 November 2011
It is to be hoped – though it looks unlikely – that the measures that President Sarkozy and Chancellor Merkel have been seeking to organise will buy time to address the fundamental, underlying problem of the major decline in competitiveness of the Southern economies compared with Northern Europe, under a common currency. If the EU does not come up with a realistic, long-term solution, a chaotic breakup of the Euro in due course is inevitable.
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Ryan Bourne - 01 August 2011
In this factsheet, CPS economics researcher Ryan Bourne examines how the marginal effective tax rates faced by individuals are much higher than those suggested by income tax rates alone.
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Ryan Bourne - 30 June 2011
In this factsheet, CPS research economist Ryan Bourne examines how much better off households are following the last term of New Labour. He finds that average gross household income has increased by just £1 in the four years to 2010.
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Ryan Bourne - 29 June 2011
In this factsheet, CPS research economist Ryan Bourne examines the scale of job losses in the public sector and the likelihood that private sector employment will outstrip any losses – concluding that the rebalancing away from the public sector is well on course.
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Ryan Bourne and Jon Wilson - 01 June 2011
In this factsheet, our Economics Researcher and Intern analyse the fall of the UK in three global competitiveness indices since 1997.
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Ryan Bourne - 31 May 2011
In this factsheet, our Economics Researcher Ryan Bourne shows how Bank of England inflation forecasts have become progressively less accurate over the past nine years.
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Ryan Bourne - 25 May 2011
In this factsheet, our Economics Researcher Ryan Bourne shows that Treasury forecasts of GDP growth have consistently been far too optimistic.
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Ryan Bourne - 19 May 2011
In this factsheet, our Economics Researcher Ryan Bourne analyses government revenue and budget data.
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Ryan Bourne - 18 May 2011
In this factsheet, our Economics Researcher Ryan Bourne analyses the Comprehensive Spending Review data to highlight that overall government spending will continue to increase through this Parliament.
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Ryan Bourne - 01 April 2011
In this factsheet, our Economics Researcher Ryan Bourne updates Brooks Newmark's previous CPS paper on the true level of government debt, calculating that it now stands at £3.6 trillion.
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Ryan Bourne - 19 March 2011
In this factsheet, our Economics Researcher Ryan Bourne discusses the scale of the government’s official deficit and debt.
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