Working from home: comparing the data
The onset of the coronavirus pandemic early last year has had huge impacts on many aspects of our everyday lives,…
Read more on Working from home: comparing the data Trade off: different ways of measuring imports and exports
In the post-Brexit period, official trade statistics are being scrutinised as never before. It’s been noted that the UK figures from the ONS appear to tell a different story from those released by Eurostat, the EU’s own statistical agency. In this post Matt Hughes examines those discrepancies and explains why they don’t mean one side is necessarily wrong.
Read more on Trade off: different ways of measuring imports and exportsPutting a value on the UK – faster than ever before
Today we have published 2020 estimates for the total value of the United Kingdom – the ‘National Balance Sheet’ – and for its capital stocks, just four months after year-end, much, much faster than before. Marianthi Dunn explains how that was possible.
Read more on Putting a value on the UK – faster than ever beforeThe future of productivity: coronavirus and beyond
While the impact of the pandemic on GDP and employment has been much discussed, there has been less light shone on its impact on the productivity of the economy. Here Josh Martin looks at some of the ways changes in the way we do business might affect productivity in the future.
Read more on The future of productivity: coronavirus and beyondPainting the full picture: what our statistics tell us about the labour market
On Monday we published a short blog on the linkages between the labour market statistics and estimates of population here. But there has also been interest in how our statistics describing the labour market fit together. Here Debra Leaker looks at the different figures the ONS publishes and the picture they paint.
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