inflation
Unemployment: Headline figures camouflage underlying picture of weakness
A recovery driven by part-time work and accompanied by falling living standards won’t feel like a recovery to most people, writes Duncan Weldon.
Headline unemployment fall is good news, but underlying picture remains grim
The ‘recovery’ in the labour market over the most recent quarter has been characterised by part-time work and slowing wage growth; this is not good news.
Britain 2012: Some families have only £2 per person per day for food
The fact that some families have £2 per person per day for food is a stark reality for many - but this hardship is lost on the government, report Family Action.
The IFS is feeding the trolls what they want to hear on pensions
Nigel Stanley assess the IFS' green budget report, and finds that they are understating the effect of pension changes.
Government gold-plates private pensions while cutting public ones
Cormac Hollingsworth reveals the government’s two-faced attitude to pensions; gold-plate the private sector ones, while cutting those of the public sector.
Food and fuel prices will be key to inflation in the year ahead
Today’s inflation statistics presage what will be one of the few positive economic stories this year, writes the Resolution Foundation’s James Plunkett.