Deputy National Statistician, Economic Statistics. Office for National Statistics, UK.
Feb 23, 2021 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
February’s @ONS labour market statistics release. A thread. 👇
There is some encouraging news: the number of employees on the payroll has stopped falling and grown in both December and January. This might suggest we are seeing the labour market begin to stabilise (though only two months’ data). (1/n)
Jan 15, 2021 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
Today’s GDP release, and in particular how the economy has adapted, a thread.👇
After 6 months of growth, the economy started shrinking again in November as tighter restrictions were in place. (Though there were variations across Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.) (1/n)
Nov 17, 2020 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
A thread on comparing different economies: similarities and differences. 👇
Last week saw the publication of @ONS data on GDP. As an important indicator of economic performance, GDP growth is often compared between countries. (1/n)
Aug 11, 2020 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
[THREAD] The UK labour market has been profoundly affected by the pandemic. The effects, however, have been complex and different from how the financial crisis played out. Six key points from today’s @ONS data:
Firstly, people are losing jobs and employment is falling. But the falls are relatively modest compared to the huge falls in GDP we are seeing (GDP fell by just under 20% in the three months to May YoY; payrolls fell just over 2% July YoY). (1/n)
Jul 24, 2020 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
Retail sales data for June, from the @ONS, a thread 👇. (All the hard work of @StatsRhian and team.)
Retail sales had a good June, growing around 14% compared to May, and we are almost back to the level we saw before the pandemic. (1/n)
Jul 16, 2020 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
Labour market statistics: a thread pulling together the various data sources.👇
The overall picture has been a worsening labour market, but the rate of weakening slowed into June. For example, HMRC tax data showed the fall in people on the payroll moderated. (1/n)
Jun 12, 2020 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
Thread on today’s @ONS economic data, and what this means for the economy 👇
As was expected, we saw a huge fall in economic activity in April, down 20% compared to March. Taking March and April together, the fall was 25%: in two months the economy shrank by a quarter. (1/n)
Jan 24, 2019 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
On Tuesday we @ONS published the latest statistics on employment. People have questioned whether the definition of employed (working more than 1 hour) distorts the picture. The quick answer is no. Thread... (1/7)
Only a small proportion (1.5% of workers) record very short hours (below 6hrs/wk). This hasn’t changed much over the last 10 years, and is lower than around 25 years ago. Only around 8% work 15hrs/wk or fewer, down from around 10% 25 years ago. (2/7)
