An improved methodology and fresh data have resulted in a slight increase in estimated GDP growth since the end of 2023. In his latest blog, James Benford talks us through the updated picture of the economy they reveal and the continuing work to improve the quality of key statistics.
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The ONS’s new Director-General for Surveys and Economic and Social Statistics, James Benford, talks through work going on beyond the scenes to improve our statistics after a week with several major releases on the UK economy.
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Under new senior leadership the ONS is urgently focusing its resources on core economic statistics as part of a wider strategic recovery plan. In this post, incoming Director General for economic social and environmental statistics James Benford says the recent postponement and correction of the retail sales figures underlines the need for the Office to prioritise and put more resources behind work to improve economic statistics and to bring more transparency on how these plans are progressing.
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