“The broad-based fall in headline inflation to 2.6% in March is another step in the right direction. The services and core rates excluding food and energy are still relatively high, but they fell too.

“Today’s labour market data may represent the calm before the storm. Unemployment, employment and inactivity have remained roughly the same – not great but not getting worse. However, the vacancy and ...

I am delighted to invite you to an upcoming IEA event, ‘In Conversation with Dr Tom Hurst and Sir John Whittingdale OBE MP’. This event will occur on Monday, 28 th April, from 18:00 – 20:30 at the IEA ...

I am delighted to invite you to an upcoming IEA event, ‘In Conversation with David Friedman’. This event will occur on Wednesday, 7 th May, from 18:00 – 20:30 at the IEA (2 Lord North Street, ...

What is the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS)? Let’s start with the basics. The UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) is designed to encourage a reduction in C02 produced by both large industry and ...

Four tax reforms will take effect in April 2025. Using the PolicyEngine UK tax-benefit microsimulation model, we analysed these reforms, which will increase taxes by an average of £1,112 per household ...

Inflation targeting fails to distinguish between demand and supply-side driven inflation, leading to suboptimal policy responses and delayed recovery from financial crises, such as the Covid-19 ...

Responding to a new report by Action on Smoking and Health, Dr Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “This is more ...

The IEA is partnering with Cambridge Global Connect to offer research internships to international students passionate about economics and public policy. Through this initiative, the IEA is expanding ...

“Imagine this scenario: you host a dinner party in your home aglow with candlelight and conversation. On a polished oak shelf sits a delicate Cisk lager-branded ash tray, collected from a recent trip ...

There is no “British DOGE”, but the idea of slashing government bureaucracy seems to be in vogue all of a sudden. With their latest announcement to radically slim down, or possibly even abolish NHS ...

Responding to the announcement of new US tariffs, Kristian Niemietz, Editorial Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs said: “Donald Trump’s new tariff schedule is a complete random mess. It ...