How much does your neighbour earn?
John Egan takes a look at the complexities entailed in answering the question. If you would like to know how well off you are, you do not have to look far –…
Statistics
Chief-Exec series: The iceberg of intangible capital
From running a business to managing an economy, understanding the value and whereabouts of capital assets is vital. But this isn’t as easy as it sounds, writes John Egan. What are the…
Chief-Exec series: Lifting the lid on UK productivity
Here is a chart that reveals a UK economy in the doldrums and shows where it could be heading. John Egan decribes the challenges this presents to raising the nation’s prosperity and…
A future that leaves equality behind
Times are a changing for education, health, employment and income. John Egan reports on the findings of the OECD on emerging inequalities. For a young man born at the turn of the…
Productivity, Productivity, Productivity
Today sees the publication of a comprehensive review of the state of the nation and the potential impacts of Brexit in the OECD’s 2017 economic survey of the UK, writes John Egan….
‘Consumptivity’: the heartbeat of a modern economy
At the heart of a modern economy there beats a pacemaker with a rhythm that in large part sets its productivity, its exchange rates and the prosperity of its people. John Egan…
Economies on the move – but to where?
The UK economy appears to be venturing where no nation has gone before – at least in modern times. John Egan puts forward new analysis which shows the United Kingdom is leading…
Tracing the path of an energy dissipative UK economy
Today saw the publication of the latest GDP figures for the UK economy. It grew 0.3 per cent over the first quarter of 2017, according to preliminary estimates. Here John Egan introduces…
Productivity blues
A slew of new United Kingdom productivity statistics were yesterday released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The headlines tell a familiar story, but dig deeper and the UK appears a…
Four charts, two scenarios and a dilemma
UK Prime Minister Theresa May could find herself on the horns of a dilemma She has a problem. To quell the unrest that led to the Brexit vote she needs to address…