By Tom Robinson, David Lancefield and Carlo Gagliardi Data is a vital resource in the new digital economy. But at present, the private sector is a largely closed data environment. A consumer’s personal data (their ‘small data’) is either stored offline, separated into digital silos or managed by businesses, unseen...
By Nick Forrest, Mark Ambler and Tom Robinson In the current weak economic environment, understanding the broader economic impact of key decisions is vital for businesses, governments and regulators. Policy-makers are looking to take decisions which will boost economic growth and have a positive economic impact. So when they are...
By Tom Robinson, PwC Economist, and John Hawksworth, Chief Economist Media attention focuses on the headline inflation rate, which rose by a surprisingly large amount from 2.2% in September to 2.7% in October. But it is also interesting to ask how this inflation rate varies across households in different income...
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