Throughout the year, we run a range of public lectures, workshops, roundtables, press briefings and seminars to share the findings of our research, and facilitate the debate of these important issues.
As King Charles III is officially crowned, and the Carolean era commences, what does the future hold for the UK economy? Latest official figures confirm that inflation is falling, albeit at a slower pace than once predicted, and growth continues to remain sluggish. Will the UK see growth this year or will the economy, as...
Our director, Jagjit S. Chadha, was delighted to deliver the 2023 Ronald Tress Memorial Lecture. This is an annual event held at Birkbeck University, in remembrance of Professor Ronald Tress, a former Master of Birkbeck and founder of the Department of Economics, Mathematics, and Statistics. A recording of the lecture is available below: About the...
NIESR will be holding it's quarterly roundtable for members where it will be discussing our findings and predictions for the next economic quarter. The themes that this roundtable will focus on are: UK Economic Growth Inflation and Policy Response Mounting Mortgage Rates Labour Market Tightness Global Inflation and the ongoing impact of the war in...
The Centre for Economic Institutions and Business History (CEIBH), the Group for Economic Analysis at Reading (GEAR) and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) have joined efforts in co-organising a topical and timely multidisciplinary workshop on “The Impact of Climate on the Economy”. The workshop will be held in person at the...
NIESR is delighted to bring to you our latest Economic Forum where we present our forecast for the next economic quarter. As King Charles III is officially crowned, and the Carolean era commences, this webinar explores what the future holds for the UK economy. Latest official figures confirm that inflation is falling, albeit at a...
Designed predominantly for those who are new to NiGEM, or who may need a refresher on some of the basic applications of the model, this training workshop provides a general introduction to the software components of NiGEM and their standard uses.
Designed exclusively for NiGEM subscribers, this workshop will provide an introduction to the simulation suite, with a walk-through of the wizards. The focus of the session will be on running monetary policy shocks through the wizard and the risk premia channels in NIGEM.
Designed exclusively for our NiGEM subscribers, this training workshop will cover an introduction to the fiscal block in NIGEM, including fiscal multipliers. There will be several practical examples of how to introduce fiscal plans into NIGEM, both by using point and click wizard as well as more complex edit variable function of the model.
Designed for NiGEM subscribers, this workshop examines aggregate supply in NiGEM with a focus on labour shocks (including participation rate, employment and productivity), as well as commodity shocks.
NIESR hosted a conversation between Shamik Dhar and Stephen King, discussing some of the themes in Stephen's new book, 'We Need To Talk About Inflation'. Inflation can have a corrosive effect on social stability, as NIESR has regularly argued, leading to an arbitrary redistribution of income and wealth. It has increasingly appeared since the 1990s...
An evidence session of the Productivity Commission, which focuses on what and how productivity can be improved, particularly looking at 'The Role of Public Investment in Growth'. The Commissioners put questions to our witnesses. Our witnesses include: Urvashi Parashar (Chief Impact Officer and Chief Economist, UK National Infrastructure Bank) Urvashi’s role includes measuring, evaluating and...
As the Carolean era commences with King Charles III being formally crowned, this event featured a discussion between Eshe Nelson (New York Times) and Russell Jones, as he examined the themes in his latest book “The Tyranny of Nostalgia: half a century of British economic decline”. With policymakers unwilling, or unable, to let go of...
On 2 June 1938 with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Pilgrim Trust, the Leverhulme Trust and the Halley Stewart Trust, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research was formed. Now, 85 years to the day, we marked the occasion with a panel discussion on "The Failure of Economic Policy" and a display of...