Peter Levell | Institute for Fiscal Studies

House price rises and borrowing to invest

Working Paper

We propose a borrow-to-invest motive by which house price gains affect household spending on residential investment.

27 March 2024

Household responses to trade shocks

Working Paper

We study the responses of both individuals and their partners to rising Chinese import competition in the 2000s.

26 March 2024

Using Understanding Society to study intergenerational wealth mobility in the UK

Journal article

Understanding society is invaluable for studying the intergenerational persistence of outcomes including income, health and wealth.

17 January 2024

Social mobility and wealth

Presentation

IFS researchers shared findings from ESRC-funded research on social mobility and its drivers.

12 December 2023

Inflation measurement with high frequency data

Working Paper

We use 8 years of data on 178 consumer product categories to compare bilateral and multilateral index number methods for computing monthly inflation.

18 October 2023

Stubborn inflation puts PM's target in jeopardy

Comment

In January of this year, the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, set out his five priorities for 2023, one of which was halving inflation.

16 August 2023

Fruit and vegetable aisle in supermarket

What's wrong with inflation?

Podcast

Inflation continues to affect the UK economy - we speak to two experts on inflation who explain the bigger picture.

10 May 2023

Inflation in March remained high, but a significant fall expected next month

Press Release

New ONS data today shows that CPI inflation in March remained stubbornly high at 10.1%, driven by energy and food inflation.

19 April 2023

Household responses to trade shocks

Working Paper

We study the responses of both individuals and their partners to rising Chinese import competition in the 2000s.

24 March 2023

Spring Budget 2023 response

Comment

An initial response to the Spring Budget 2023 from IFS researchers

15 March 2023

Autumn Statement 2022 response

Comment

An initial response to the Autumn Statement from the IFS

17 November 2022

Tax policies to reduce carbon emissions

Journal article

We argue for greater rationalisation of environmental taxes in the UK and other developed economies.

19 October 2022

Even with inflation uprating, benefits next year are on course to be 6% below their pre-pandemic levels

Comment

Even if the government uprates benefits with inflation, the real value of benefits will be 6% below their pre-pandemic levels.

19 October 2022

Mini-Budget 2022 and follow-up

Collection

Analysis of the government's tax and spending plans - and follow-up - announced as part of the mini-Budget.

17 October 2022

Response to the Energy Price Guarantee

Comment

The government has today announced an ‘Energy Price Guarantee’. This is our response.

8 September 2022

Conservative leadership election 2022

Collection

Analysis of policy announcements made by Conservative leadership contenders Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss.

30 August 2022

Cost of maintaining household support package rises by £14bn in light of new energy price cap

Comment

Both Conservative leadership candidates have promised tax cuts on energy bills. How much would these help and what would they cost?

26 August 2022

The long squeeze: rising inflation and the current government support package

Comment

We look at the impact of inflation and the government's proposals to tackle it.

15 August 2022

£12 billion needed if government wants to maintain value of household support package

Press Release

The government would need to find £12 billion simply to achieve what it was aiming to do with the £24 billion package announced in May.

15 August 2022

Inflation for poorest households likely to increase even faster than for the richest, and could hit 14% in October

Press Release

The increases in gas and electricity prices will disproportionally hit poorer households.

25 May 2022

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House price rises and borrowing to invest

Household responses to trade shocks

Using Understanding Society to study intergenerational wealth mobility in the UK

Social mobility and wealth

Inflation measurement with high frequency data

Stubborn inflation puts PM's target in jeopardy

What's wrong with inflation?

Inflation in March remained high, but a significant fall expected next month

Household responses to trade shocks

Spring Budget 2023 response

Autumn Statement 2022 response

Tax policies to reduce carbon emissions

Even with inflation uprating, benefits next year are on course to be 6% below their pre-pandemic levels

Mini-Budget 2022 and follow-up

Response to the Energy Price Guarantee

Conservative leadership election 2022

Cost of maintaining household support package rises by £14bn in light of new energy price cap

The long squeeze: rising inflation and the current government support package

£12 billion needed if government wants to maintain value of household support package

Inflation for poorest households likely to increase even faster than for the richest, and could hit 14% in October

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