PODCAST: The Year in Review
It has been another momentous year for the Office for National Statistics. National Statistician, Sir Ian Diamond, joins Miles in…
Read more on PODCAST: The Year in Review Making sense of cost of living data
The rising cost of living affects everyone and finding reliable answers to the questions that everyone is asking can be a challenge. The ONS today launched an accessible a cost of living insights tool to help people navigate the wealth of published information on this critical topic.
Read more on Making sense of cost of living dataInflation: How it’s reported and its impact on prices
Inflation is big news at the moment given the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ukraine conflict and the subsequent rise in the cost of living. When inflation is high, we all feel the impact as this reduces the amount of goods and services we can afford to purchase. As our latest numbers show a fall in the inflation rate, Chris Jenkins explains why it is important to understand this doesn’t necessarily mean a fall in prices.
Read more on Inflation: How it’s reported and its impact on pricesHow the ONS measures the price rises affecting business
The after-effects of the Covid pandemic and war in Ukraine have pushed consumer price inflation up to levels not seen in forty years. But it is not only consumers that are facing rising costs, businesses are too and these pressures often impact prices for the rest of us. Here, Brogan Taylor and Ryan Powell explain how we measure business prices, why these data are important and what they show.
Read more on How the ONS measures the price rises affecting businessThe inflation story – history of prices measurement told for the first time in new book
The monthly UK consumer prices release is one of our most closely-watched outputs. Not least by the Governor of the Bank of England who must explain to the Chancellor when inflation misses its target. Now the long history of UK prices measurement is the subject of a new book charting the development of its complex methodologies and the people and institutions behind them. As co-author and ONS Methodologist Dr Jeff Ralph explains, it all began with a handful of pioneers and visionaries.
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