Ten Years Without Productivity
Η παραγωγικότητα ανά απασχολούμενο είναι 3% κάτω από το 2015, ενώ στη ζώνη του ευρώ είναι 2,4% πάνω. Γι’ αυτό κάθε αύξηση μισθών καταλήγει στις τιμές.
Category: ECONOMY
The Rent Surge: From Zero to 11%
Ο δείκτης ενοικίων έμεινε στο 0,0% για 28 συνεχείς μήνες και μετά εκτινάχθηκε στο 11,4% — τριπλάσια από τον γενικό πληθωρισμό, και πολύ πάνω από τη ζώνη του ευρώ.
Who Paid for Inflation
In 2022, profits contributed 3.9 out of the 6.3 percentage points of inflation and wages 0.3. From 2024 this reverses — and the average real wage remains below 2019.
The Inflation that Leaves and the Inflation that Stays
The shock of 2022 came from goods and has now passed. However, core inflation has not fallen below 3% for two years, and services are outpacing goods.
Inflation is Falling, Prices are Rising
Inflation fell from 12.1% to 3.4%. However, the price level has been rising since 2021 at an annual rate of 4.3%, compared with 2.3% during the euro era — a doubling in sixteen years rather than thirty.
The Great Productivity Challenge in the UK – Analysis by Mike Bell, CFA
The British economy faces a double whammy: chronically low productivity since 2008 and weakening private sector employment. Mike Bell says services, retail and health are holding back progress, while official figures show job cuts. The challenge: boosting productivity without job losses.