Expert Comment
Interest rates remain unchanged: Economist Professor Roger Farmer comments
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has kept interest rates on hold, maintaining the Bank Rate at 0.1% it announced today. Professor Roger Farmer of the Department of Economics comments on this latest decision, made as the UK progresses closer to further lifting of lockdown restrictions.
£3bn bus boost - expert comment
"Broadly, this announcement is to be welcomed; the current bus system is delivering declining numbers of services to a smaller group of people and needs to change. However, the funding promised seems to me to be very small compared with the ambition expressed." Professor Mike Waterson comments on today's announcement of a new strategy for buses.
Exports to the EU fall 40 per cent - Expert Comment
"The purpose of the single market was to facilitate trade integration, so leaving the single market was bound to reduce trade. Less trade with the EU is a feature, not a bug.” Professor Mark Harrison comments on todays ONS statistics showing a 40 per cent fall in exports of UK goods to the European Union
Labour launches its May election campaign - expert comment
Dr Sinem Hidir, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, comments on today's Labour party campaign launch.
"Fresh ways to support families may be the most beneficial", says Mark Pulford
On the day children in England return to school "Fresh ways to support families to be involved in their children’s education may be the most beneficial, but perhaps most overlooked, outcome of lockdown learning in 2021", says Dr Mark Pulsford.