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The Autumn Statement explained
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We analyse the Chancellor's 2023 Autumn Statement.
24 November 2023
The Autumn Statement 2023 explained in 90 seconds
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Paul Johnson responds to Jeremy Hunt's 2023 Autumn Statement.
22 November 2023
Cake or biscuit? The UK's byzantine VAT system explained
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This week, we dive into the oddities of the VAT system.
16 November 2023
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Education spending: an engine for levelling-up?
event 11 December 2023
The launch of the 2023 IFS Annual Report on Education Spending in England, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.
Social mobility and wealth
conference 12 December 2023
At this in-person event, IFS researchers will share findings from ESRC-funded research on social mobility and its drivers.
Where next for the state pension?
event 13 December 2023
At this online event, IFS researchers will present findings from a major new report on the future of the state pension in the UK.
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Consumption and prices

Our work in this area looks at how consumers respond to price signals and other incentives to change their borrowing, saving and spending behaviour, as well as how different households' welfare is affected by inflation and changes in indirect taxes.

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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

The materials that shape our economy

Podcast

In this episode, we speak with Ed Conway, Economics Editor at Sky News and author of a new book Material World: The Making of Civilisation.

13 September 2023

Tax and public finances: the fundamentals

Report

This report highlights 10 key facts about UK tax and public finance policy that will underpin the choices faced by governments in coming decades.

23 August 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

Targeting taxes on local externalities

Working Paper

We consider optimal anonymous consumption taxes in situations where the magnitude of an externality varies with individuals who cause it.

14 August 2023

Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2023

Report

We investigate how living standards have changed for different groups in the UK, with a particular focus on the cost of living payments and housing.

13 July 2023

Poverty

Report

We investigate recent trends in poverty, and government policies aimed at alleviating it.

13 July 2023

Don’t cheer end of earnings squeeze: there is more pain to come

Comment

Paul Johnson writes for The Times on the pain to come for households and the public finances.

19 June 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

Old age risks, consumption, and insurance

Working Paper

We measure the effects of income and health shocks on consumption among U.S. households over age 65.

21 March 2023

The Spring Budget explained

Podcast

We provide our analysis on the Chancellor's Spring Budget.

16 March 2023

Are high energy prices here to stay?

Podcast

As we leave winter and enter spring, we ask whether high energy prices are here to stay

8 March 2023

The cost of living crisis: a pre-Budget briefing

Report

The recent surge in inflation, driven by spectacular increases in energy prices, has driven sharp falls in household living standards.

22 February 2023

A monetary-fiscal theory of sudden inflations

Working Paper

This paper posits an information channel as the explanation for sudden inflations.

20 December 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

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

17 October 2022

The challenges facing the Chancellor

Podcast

We explore the Chancellor's options for achieving fiscal sustainability.

12 October 2022

IFS Green Budget 2022

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Policy analysis from our IFS Green Budget 2022, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and in partnership with Citi.

11 October 2022

IFS Green Budget 2022

Report

The IFS Green Budget 2022 takes stock of the economic and fiscal outlook following Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget and analyses the challenges ahead.

11 October 2022

Paul Johnson responds to Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-Budget

Comment

Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget is a short-term sugar rush and a huge switch in direction.

24 September 2022

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