Posted by: Anja Heimann
Publish date: 4th November, 2020 | 2:41pm4/11/2020
What is microdata and what can we use it for? This is the first blog in a case study series that explains the merits of microdata in policy analysis. This particular blog investigates over-indebtedness in the UK, using the 6th round of the Wealth and Assets Survey published by th…
Posted by: Andrew Sentance
Publish date: 2nd November, 2020 | 2:58pm2/11/2020
Senior Adviser, Andrew, writes about the budget.
Napoleon Bonaparte is widely quoted as saying he would rather have lucky generals who win battles than good generals. The “general” in charge of the British economy – Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak – has had a f…
Our Principal Economic Modeller, Unnada Chewpreecha, takes a look at what China’s net zero pledge means for jobs in the country.
Two weeks ago, President Xi of China announced that China intended to peak its CO2 emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality (net-zero CO2…
Posted by: Andrew Sentance
Publish date: 11th August, 2020 | 12:08pm11/8/2020
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released figures today which show that the 3-month unemployment rate remained near record lows at 3.9% in June.
Furthermore, the single-month rate fell from 4.1% in May to 3.8% in June, which appears at odds with announced job losses ac…
Posted by: Hector Pollitt
Publish date: 4th August, 2020 | 4:06pm4/8/2020
A rare dip into economic philosophy recently turned up a timely piece on the issues that macroeconomics is facing. It prompted our Head of Modelling, Hector Pollitt, to question the future of economics.
Robert Delorme lays out a ‘problem first’ approach to economic analysi…
While Ornella is relatively new to the company she is already enjoying some challenging, interesting work…here we ask her a few questions about herself.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your role at Cambridge Econometrics
I joined Cambridge Econometrics last year a…
Posted by: Jen Dicks
Publish date: 2nd July, 2020 | 9:08am2/7/2020
A ground-breaking project, carried out by Cambridge Econometrics (CE), The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), University of Edinburgh and University of Exeter for the Met Office is underway.
It seeks to develop consistent shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) for th…
Posted by: Jen Dicks
Publish date: 1st July, 2020 | 3:48pm1/7/2020
Here, our Project Manager, Jen Dicks explains that “shared socioeconomic pathways” can be viewed as different storylines of future socioeconomic circumstances. They help inform what impact our society and economy might have on the potential for curbing emissions and climate chang…
Posted by: Jon Stenning
Publish date: 17th June, 2020 | 5:34pm17/6/2020
The European Commission is currently running a public consultation on extending the European Union’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) to include road transport and the heating of buildings.
Jon Stenning explores the issue, drawing on technology diffusion and macroeconomic a…
Posted by: Graham Hay
Publish date: 14th May, 2020 | 4:30pm14/5/2020
You can see digital trade everywhere except in the trade statistics.
As the UK embarks on a prolonged period of negotiating post-Brexit trade deals this is a challenge to negotiators and policymakers.
A new report by Cambridge Econometrics for the Department for Internation…