Posts by: Charlie King
Inflation Seminar 2023
BSC is seeking contributions for their forthcoming seminar on inflation, see below for suggestions as to the topics. The seminar is scheduled for 18th May 2023 and follows from last year’s successful event. It is a hybrid event …
Measuring inflation as households see it: Next steps for the household costs indices
Authors: John Astin and Jill Leyland
FOREWORD
In 2015, at the request of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), we published a paper “Towards a Household Inflation Index”. The proposed index was intended as a measure of inflation “as perceived and …
Where are the excess deaths?
Author: Tony Dent
There has been extensive news coverage of the difficulties experienced by the National Health Service, with some commentators linking the difficulties to an unusual increase in deaths. For example the organisation Pulse headlined on 6th January …
Should we be looking for a new National Statistician or a new Statistical System?
The post of National Statistician has been announced on the civil service website, with applications required before midnight on 5th December. Sir Ian Diamond’s existing appointment has been further extended to run until the end of March 2023 and …
BSPS Conference Report
A personal review by Tony Dent, Director Better Statistics CIC
I had not previously heard of the BSPS until invited to attend this conference. I therefore had no previous knowledge of what to expect, but it seemed important to attend, …
How Did ONS get the projections and estimates so badly wrong for Coventry?
Notes provided by Merle Gering[1], Campaign for the Preservation of Rural England (CPRE)
Purpose:
This brief paper sets out a timeline of the events concerning the controversy surrounding the ONS estimates pf the population in Coventry from …
Household Cost Indices
Jill Leyland and John Astin have drafted a thoughtful paper providing a valuable contribution to the ONS proposals for Household Cost Indices. This is of interest to all those concerned with measuring inflation; download your copy of Measuring Inflation as …
RSS public meeting
Royal Statistical Society will be holding a public meeting on Tuesday, 28th of June 2022, to discuss “Measuring Inflation as Households See It – Developing the Household Costs Index”. Click here to see the details.…
Inflation Rate Polling
Opinium Research have conducted a special project on behalf of Better Statistics for tomorrow’s Seminar on Inflation. Please download InflationTables for the results. A summary report will be available soon.…