Green Politics
Falling growth means “government will miss deficit reduction target”
A leading economic think tank has warned that falling growth means government will miss its deficit reduction target. They predict growth in 2011 of 1.4%.
The OBR, personal debt and the living standards gap
The Resolution Foundation's Gavin Kelly and Matthew Whittaker look at whether squeezed households will really borrow more to prop up living standards.
Economic update – May 2011
The ippr's senior economist Tony Dolphin looks at the key economic indicators and reviews the state of the UK economy in his latest economic update for Left Foot Forward.
GDP figures show economic growth has ground to a halt
The eagerly awaited GDP figures for the first quarter of 2011 show that output is only back to the level of the third quarter of 2010. In effect, economic growth has ground to a halt.
Retail sales – it’s the volume figures that matter
Tony Dolphin, ippr's senior economist, reports on the latest retail sales data from the Office for National Statistics.
Matt Hancock is drawing the wrong lessons from America
Former adviser to chancellor George Osborne, Tory MP Matthew Hancock, has made a massive error in his analysis of the American economy, writes Duncan Weldon.