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"Britain’s jobs market may be finding a floor, but it has not yet found its feet"

Dr Bingsong Wang provides expert comment on the latest UK unemployment data announced by the Office for National Statistics [ONS].
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The great British pub: do we really need to worry?

The new prime minister has promised a cut in business rates for the country’s public houses as well as other social venues - will this help pubs’ prospects of survival? Jesse Matheson writes for Economics Observatory.

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Predicting the economic value of funded research

A new UKRI-funded project seeks to create tools to better estimate the economic benefits of publicly-funded Research Development and Innovation (RDI).

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Escalation in the Middle East could still put pressure on Bank of England rates

Dr Bingsong Wang provides comment on the Bank of England's decision to continue to hold interest rates.

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Students return from successful summer internships

Hear all about our students' experiences of their funded summer internships.

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How this year’s Nobel winners changed the thinking on economic growth

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics, who was awarded the prize and why? Dr Antonio Navas writes for The Conversation.

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New research into the economic consequences of commodity price volatility

Dr Juan Paez-Farrell has been successful in securing a Leverhulme Fellowship to conduct research into 'Understanding the consequences of commodity dependence in developing countries'.
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Investigating the role of housing policy in local labour markets

An exciting new project, led by Professor Jesse Matheson, aims to throw light on the ways in which housing policies affect local labour markets.
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New project aims to provide fresh insight into Productivity and House Prices

‘Productivity and House Prices’ is a new Leverhulme Trust funded research project that will carefully examine the relationship between house prices and productivity from a macroeconomic and household finance perspective.