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The Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE), an investment by the @ONS. We provide #research on #economic #statistics for the modern #economy 📈

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A snapshot of day 2 at our conference.

Full programme for today: https://t.co/lQkPI3JmjY
Teams link for those joining online today: https://t.co/Bzz6LKg4rr
Slido link for online questions: https://t.co/Jca5jLGhUu

#EconStats2026 @mcmahonecon

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Hear Max's reflections on NHS productivity in this video following ESCoE's #NationalProductivityWeek event @kingsbschool: https://t.co/Fm9s1fZUoc

@TheIFS

[Max Warner @MaxWarnerIFS]

We now have data for NHS staffing and hospital activity in England for all of 2025–26. There’s a lot of interesting things going on, so here’s a short thread on some of the key patterns.
As the chart below shows, most staff groups and most types of activity are up year-on-year

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Great to see this paper by Lena Kilian, @dr_anneowen and @Rutger_Hoekstra published in Economic Systems Research: https://t.co/S4LWc9Dnd9

This forms part of ESCoE work on measuring environmental footprints and the green economy: https://t.co/5kFkd7UWFF

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Some interesting features in this, including from @BenZaranko on how economic research can influence policy ⬇️

[Royal Economic Society @RoyalEconSoc]

📢 The April 2026 RES Quarterly Newsletter is out now.

From oil market volatility to the future of cities, this edition explores some of the biggest economic questions shaping policy, markets & society today.

Download here: https://t.co/7kHVclvWUK

#EconTwitter

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ESCoE is proud to work with @TPIProductivity to help improve productivity measurement and address the global productivity slowdown.

It was great to be involved in the creation of this video to showcase the involvement of @KingsCollegeLon academics: https://t.co/sfDWhOnfH3

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ESCoE/ @KingsCollegeLon PhD student @_juanmreyes will be presenting ESCoE work on the macroeconomic effects of AI uncertainty in this webinar on 9 June.

Read the blog and paper: https://t.co/kX2VX97b1r

@kingsbschool

[International and Monetary Economics Network @int_mon_econ]

Super interesting!

💻 Webinar: The Macroeconomic Effects of AI Uncertainty (Juan Reyes, King's College London and Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence)

⏲️ June 9, 16:00 – 17:00 Central European Summer Time

REGISTRATION HERE: https://t.co/XuljkYefA6

Juan Reyes (King's College London, Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence) examines the macroeconomic implications of uncertainty shocks related to artificial intelligence (AI) through a novel text-based AI Uncertainty (AIU) Index.

Link to paper: https://t.co/d52RXnTJ5e

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Congratulations to ESCoE Research Director Paul Schreyer who has received the prestigious Shiskin Award for his work on economic statistics.

Find out more: https://t.co/CPFkPzwntn

@AmstatNews #EconomicStatistics

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Fantastic to see work on the UK productivity slowdown by ESCoE/ @KingsCollegeLon PhD student @JoshMartin_econ featured in this @FT article by @martinwolf_

Read the full article: https://t.co/Gq8CEC1SvE
Explore Josh's ESCoE work: https://t.co/r339UBZsgF

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For more on this topic, read about ESCoE work on communicating uncertainty in economic statistics, in collaboration with @NIESRorg, @ONS, @WarwickBSchool and @KingsCollegeLon: https://t.co/y77zbB6yFZ

[National Institute of Economic and Social Research @NIESRorg]

How best to communicate uncertainty in economic forecasting?

What is the usefulness of #scenario analysis?

@EconSteveM explains in our latest #MondayInterview, just published ⬇️

https://t.co/whBA4QqPGU

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Thank you to everyone who attended and presented at our conference last week.

Recordings from sessions in the auditorium, keynote interviews and slides (where author permission was given) will be available in due course.

#EconStats2026 #EconomicStatistics

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An interesting discussion on how the UK’s economic statistics system is responding to recent challenges, rebuilding trust and quality, and adapting to support better policymaking and public understanding.

@RobKentSmith @ONS @StatsRegulation @DarrenM44

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. @carolcorrado’s keynote on National Accounts in the Age of AI is exploring how AI, intangible assets, and digital services are challenging traditional economic measurement, and what this means for GDP, productivity, and understanding the modern economy. #EconStats2026

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ESCoE Research Associate @JohnLPoquiz presenting evidence on organisational capital and AI adoption.

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We’re kicking off the final day of the conference with a special session on business dynamism with @j_schneebacher, Javier Miranda, Sophie Piton and Sabien Dobbelaere.

ESCoE work on this topic: https://t.co/4s1NvRdEb4

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Panel session II: Frontiers in nowcasting 📈

Chaired by @stuartgmcintyre (@Strath_FAI), with Raffaella Giacomini (@ucl), Michele Lenza (@ecb) & Giulia Mantoan (@BoE_Research) discussing real-time forecasting, machine learning, & the challenges involved.

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Producing local economic insights in the UK faces a fundamental challenge: reconciling official statistical frameworks with the granular realities of business activity.

This special session looks at industry and regional classifications.

@asvalero @Paul_Swinney

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What can we learn about the changing nature of work from time use diaries?

@FrancescaFolia1 presenting ESCoE work on this topic. Find out more: https://t.co/sPOF1oesX6

@rebeccasriley

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A flavour of last night’s poster and exhibition session.

Thanks to our exhibitors @Strath_FAI, @EconObservatory, @TPIProductivity and @ONS, and everyone who presented a poster.

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The past decade has witnessed a transformation in the data and measurement techniques available to economists.

We’re hearing more in this plenary session from @mcmahonecon (@UniofOxford).

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A few📸s from the first day of the ESCoE conference.

Full programme for today: https://t.co/lQkPI3JmjY
Teams link for those joining online today: https://t.co/NbnnEqFzoO
Slido link for online questions: https://t.co/RlhNrNKfCd