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The Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) is a collaboration with the UK Office for National Statistics. We provide research on economic statistics for the modern economy. 📈
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📢 Join our webinar with Huw Dixon (@niesrorg.bsky.social & Cardiff Uni) on seasonally adjusting UK inflation data. 🗓 13 March 2025, 12:00-13:00 GMT 📍 Online 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/2cp9e9nf #Webinar #Research #Economics

Data-driven insights are crucial for informing policies that support equitable growth across all regions and sectors. ESCoE has looked at this area in work on digital innovation: tinyurl.com/2ahk26zw

⏰ Last chance to sign up for today's webinar with Christopher Kurz (Federal Reserve Board): tinyurl.com/y2bucj2b

New analysis from CBI suggests the net zero economy is growing at triple the rate of the UK economy. ESCoE work in partnership with @ucl.ac.uk is improving measurement of this sector: tinyurl.com/jcmmbnje @dpcarrington.bsky.social

The Fraser of Allander is 50 this year! Read on for our plans to celebrate this milestone, and enjoy our retro 80s logo...

For additional in-depth analysis on measuring & understanding UK productivity, read ESCoE's work on this area: tinyurl.com/4cbvzbsk

Measurement of the output, inputs and productivity of defence is crucial to form an accurate cost-benefit analysis. Read the ESCoE blog & paper from Ron Smith on the challenges involved in this process: tinyurl.com/5d84b6nw

⏰The @adruk.bsky.social Conference 2025 call for abstracts & workshops closes in just 4 days. The conference will explore data linking, ethics, impact & more, shaping the future of admin data research. 🔗 Submit here: adrukconference2025.org/call-for-abs...

IFC within @worldbankgroup.bsky.social are recruiting a Senior Statistician in #Rome. The role will bring expertise in business statistics to enhance capabilities in providing technical assistance to statistical agencies. Deadline: 4 March 2025 tinyurl.com/umaxn845

New working paper! Sharing with you my paper on measuring the depreciation of intangibles. In this @escoeorg.bsky.social study, we used Google Trends as an indicator of obsolescence for certain intangible assets such as software and movies. Link to the paper and accompanying blog post below

*Updated date and location* ONS, @wagedynamics.bsky.social and ADR UK will run the inaugural Earnings Symposium in collaboration with ESCoE. The event will now take place at 10 Union Street, London, SE1 1SZ on 29 April 2025. tinyurl.com/24zbav49

📢 Join us for the next ESCoE Webinar with Christopher Kurz (U.S Federal Reserve). The webinar will explore how natural language processing (NLP) can extract valuable economic signals from survey responses in the U.S. manufacturing sector. tinyurl.com/y2bucj2b

👩‍🎓Calling UK master's students! ESCoE's 2025 Master's Dissertation Programme in partnership with @bankofengland.bsky.social and ONS is still accepting applications. Find out more & apply.➡️ tinyurl.com/r7dxye9d

The Lievesley Review is an independent evaluation of the UK Statistics Authority, led by Professor Denise Lievesley CBE. Following its publication, ESCoE Director Rebecca Riley contributed to a @royalstatsoc.bsky.social discussion forum around the review: tinyurl.com/5ak5p52m

The @resmedia.bsky.social Culture Survey has launched to gather information and insights from the economics academic community on inclusivity, standards of conduct, and overall professional culture within the UK: tinyurl.com/zb782h5p

This is a very neat approach to estimating depreciation rates for intangibles, by my colleague @bennettinstitute.bsky.social John Lourenze Poquiz: www.escoe.ac.uk/measuring-th...

⏰There's still time to sign up for Thursday's webinar with Cher Li (@astonuniversity.bsky.social & ESCoE). tinyurl.com/2skh9wat

A new ESCoE discussion paper from @omnipogi.bsky.social ( @kingsbschool.bsky.social / @bennettinstitute.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social ) looks at measuring the depreciation of intangibles using Google Trends. tinyurl.com/2uvdy3y8 #Research #Intangibles

@productivity.bsky.social and @cardiffuni.bsky.social in Wales are looking for a Research Assistant. The role will support the generation and dissemination of evidence on #productivity Apply by 26 Feb.➡️ tinyurl.com/bdewyx2d

Congratulations to ESCoE Leadership Executive member/ @fraserofallander.org Director Mairi Spowage who has been appointed Non-Executive Director of the UK Statistics Authority. tinyurl.com/5n85ux9z The role will provide support as the Authority sets out a new strategy in 2025.

🌊A new ESCoE discussion paper by @ucl.ac.uk's Paul Ekins and Silvia Ferrini and @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social's Joe Grice examines water and water ecosystem service accounting in the UK. tinyurl.com/yc2u6zz6 #Research #Water

Today we launched our new @productivity.bsky.social report 'NI Productivity 2040' at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social. Co-authored with Ruth Donaldson & @profjohnturner.bsky.social we provide a roadmap for how policy can close Northern Ireland's productivity gap: productivity.ac.uk/research/nor...

Join us for the next ESCoE Economic Measurement Webinar! 📅 13 Feb 2025 | ⏰ 12:00-13:00 GMT | 📍 Online We welcome Cher Li (Aston Business School and ESCoE) to explore how technology standards shape business production networks. tinyurl.com/2skh9wat

The ONS Stakeholder Satisfaction Survey is open - help shape how ONS communicates & improves statistics. 📝 Last year your feedback led to new webinars & better engagement. Share your views by 11 March 2025 (it takes <20 mins & can be anonymous). 🔗https://tinyurl.com/2s4fmkph

ESCoE partner @productivity.bsky.social is hosting the Productivity Research Conference on 4-5 Sept 2025 @official-uom.bsky.social. Submit a paper. ➡️ tinyurl.com/mryacr3r #Conference #CallForPapers

The focus for this year's #NationalProductivityWeek is on businesses supporting the productivity agenda. ESCoE's work developing the Management and Expectations Survey has strong links with this theme. tinyurl.com/3y94hvsm

⏰There's still time to sign up for tomorrow's webinar with @nestauk.bsky.social's Rosie Oxbury & Liz Gallagher. They'll be presenting work on automatically detecting dimensions of job quality in job adverts. tinyurl.com/w2c3b7ne #Research #Webinar

So pleased to present earlier today our revised "Real-time Business Dynamism" (joint work w/Anthony Savagar) at @niesrorg.bsky.social Seminar -- amazing hosts and great feedback! @escoeorg.bsky.social @productivity.bsky.social

An area of focus in ESCoE's productivity research is public sector productivity. Measuring the value generated by public services is vital to understanding developed economies. But measurement can be more of a challenge than in the private sector... #NationalProductivityWeek

At tonight’s #NationalProductivityWeek event with @productivity.bsky.social and @resmedia.bsky.social we’ve have presentations from ONS, TPI, Scaleup Institute and CBI.

This evening I'm at the @productivity.bsky.social and @escoeorg.bsky.social and RES event on firm-level productivity in the UK, as part of #NationalProductivityWeek. Will we "unlock productivity" as the title threatens?! (Think we'd need a little more than 2 hours...)

It's @productivity.bsky.social's #NationalProductivityWeek - an awareness campaign to raise awareness of the importance of productivity and its impact on the economy.

REMINDER: ONS, @wagedynamics.bsky.social, ADR UK and ESCoE are running the inaugural Earnings Symposium in London in March 2025! 📢 Submit your paper by Monday to be considered for the programme: tinyurl.com/ybwszptb #EarningsSymposium #London

Ahead of @productivity.bsky.social's #NationalProductivityWeek, we caught up with Anisha at the end of her Master’s @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. We spoke about her dissertation on productivity and the importance of economic measurement. tinyurl.com/yn4uhrys

Was fantastic to attend the #UKStatisticsAssembly yesterday to discuss the challenges and opportunities for our statistical system.

How are digital transformation and environmental regulations reshaping asset valuation and depreciation for businesses and national accounts? Catch up on Paul Schreyer's keynote at the 2024 UNSW-ESCoE Conference: tinyurl.com/2k3kb6wx Keynote interview: tinyurl.com/yc84fjrf

Missed the webinar? Catch up on the recording. ➡️ tinyurl.com/45tks4h5 #Econsky #Research

Last chance to sign up for today's webinar with Russell Black (ESCoE, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and Department for Business and Trade): tinyurl.com/45tks4h5

There's still time to sign up for ESCoE's 2025 Master's Dissertation Programme with ONS and @bankofengland.bsky.social. UK Master's students will have the chance to win up to £500 by using sources from our historic repository as part of their dissertation. Find out more: tinyurl.com/r7dxye9d

Business value creation is increasingly moving towards intangible assets, such as software, data and intellectual property. Catch up on Jonathan Haskel's keynote at the 2024 UNSW-ESCoE Conference: youtu.be/xZ4_XmTvxVw Keynote interview with @kevinfoxecon.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/36e6k5uj

⚠️Today is the last chance to submit a paper for ESCoE's 2025 Conference on Economic Measurement. This will be held on 21-23 May 2025 @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3w7rc626 #Conference #EconSky

@productivity.bsky.social, @resmedia.bsky.social, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and ESCoE will hold an event on productivity dispersion between firms in the UK. This will take place at at King's College London on Monday 27 January 2025 during #NationalProductivityWeek. tinyurl.com/yck556s9

⏰Just one week left to submit papers for ESCoE's Conference on Economic Measurement 2025. The event will take place on 21-23 May 2025 @kingsbschool.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Submit by 13 Jan.➡️ tinyurl.com/3w7rc626

ESCoE is now closed for the festive season until 2nd January 2025. Thank you for working with us this year. We wish you all a restful festive period and look forward to working with many of you again in 2025.