Proposes an extended quality framework for meeting commitments to monitor closely quarterly estimates and publish material on specific data setsThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) regularly monitors and publishes indicators of the quality of its statistics. However, when publishing plans...

This paper seeks to bolster the view that Keynes was a monetary economist concerned primarily with monetary and not fiscal policy. His most fundamental policy conclusion for national economies was that the authorities could control the long-term rate of interest and should do so to promote...

Details the measurement and role of government procurement in the UK National Accounts, including existing data methodcollections, and identifies specific initiatives.This article details the measurement and role of government procurement in the UK National Accounts. The needfor an accurate...

Introduces the new journal and provides a retrospective review of compendia publications of official statistics and analysis.Since its first publication in 1953, Economic Trends and its companion labour market publications have recordedchanges to the UK economy and labour market. In this new...

Keynes's theory of investment and the economic cycle is set out. Against this theory it is argued that the current monetary policy framework is not credible. Rather, given its implicit endorsement of financial liberalisation, it is, and has proved, deeply dangerous. Keynes advocated policies...

Contents: Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Monetary regimes, then and now / Charles Goodhart -- 2. Keynes applied / Geoff Tily -- 3. Rethinking monetary restraint / Roy Rotheim -- 4. The evolutionary approach to banking and the credit-hungry consumer: a view of the failure of African Bank...