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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 …