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The Bank of England’s Job Is Difficult Enough As It Is, Without Government ‘Help’
22 May 2023
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Upcoming Events
Finance and Growth Workshop
In December 2022 the Government announced a package of reforms aimed at driving growth and competitiveness in the financial services sector. Known as the 'Edinburgh Reforms', they comprise four main areas: a competitive marketplace promoting effective use of capital; sustainable finance; technology and innovation; and consumers and business. As part…
10:00 to 16:30
7 June, 2023
NiGEM Workshop: Modelling the Effects from Slower Trade Growth
Based on the latest NiGEM topical feature, this training workshop inspects different ways of modelling a slowdown in global trade. This content is only available to members.
11:00 to 12:00
15 June, 2023
NiGEM Workshop: Additional Trade Shocks
Designed for subscribers to our macro-econometric model – NiGEM – this training workshop covers additional examples of trade shocks in NIGEM, including adjustment to trade shares (an approach that was... This content is only available to members.
14:00 to 15:00
15 June, 2023
NiGEM Workshop: Endogenous vs Exogenous Shocks
This training workshop, designed for users who are already familiar with NiGEM, will include examples that illustrate the difference between endogenous and exogenous shocks, how default expectations can be changed... This content is only available to members.
11:00 to 12:00
16 June, 2023
NiGEM Workshop: Climate Model in NIGEM
Aimed at users who are familiar with NiGEM, this workshop offers a guide to implementing the NGFS transitions scenarios, as well as modifying transition inputs to investigate alternative possibilities. It... This content is only available to members.
14:00 to 15:00
16 June, 2023
High Dimensional Forecasting And It’s Pitfalls – M. Hashem Pesaran
Forecasting is central to macroeconomic policy making and risk management, and it is now routine to exploit data on a large number of variables to produce the forecasts. There are many techniques that can be used, such as penalized regressions, principal components, neural networks, ensemble, Bayesian and other forecast averaging…
15:00 to 16:30
21 June, 2023
Governor Talk – Ed Conway
Our June Governor Talk will be given by Ed Conway on his new book 'Material World'. We are in the early stages of a new industrial revolution (and energy transition) – an attempt to replace fossil fuels with renewable alternatives. Around the world, many countries – most notably the US…
12:30 to 13:30
28 June, 2023
Parliamentary Lecture with Jesse Norman
NMITE and the Political Economy of Higher Education The 2023 Parliamentary Lecture will be given by Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP. Jesse will be talking on the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) and the Political Economy of Higher Education. About the Speaker Jesse has been a Governor…
15:00 to 16:00
4 July, 2023
Working In Economics And Research
This event is for students who are interested in possibly pursuing a career in Economics or Social Research. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research will be holding a half-day event where you are able to come and hear from some of our research staff about their journeys to…
10:00 to 13:30
18 July, 2023
Productivity Commission Evidence Session: Examining the Role of International Investment
An evidence session of the Productivity Commission, which focuses on what and how productivity can be improved, particularly looking at 'Examining the role of International Investment'. The Commissioners will ask questions to our witnesses
14:00 to 16:00
20 July, 2023
Previous Events
NIESR 85th Anniversary Celebration
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... This content is only available to members.
12:30 to 17:00
2 June, 2023
The Tyranny of Nostalgia – In Conversation with Russell Jones
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…
16:00 to 17:30
31 May, 2023
Productivity Commission Evidence Session: The Role of Public Investment in Growth
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…
14:00 to 16:00
25 May, 2023
We Need To Talk About Inflation – In Conversation with Stephen King
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…
16:00 to 17:00
23 May, 2023