National Institute Economic Review articles from November 1989

National Institute Economic Review archives from November 1989

The economic situation. (Great Britain)
November 1, 1989... SUMMARY AND APPRAISAL The Economic Situation The new Chancellor, John Major, has taken office at a difficult time for the conduct of economic policy. The boom of the late 1980s has spent its force, but as yet there is no sign of the...

The home economy. (Great Britain)(Chapter 1)
November 1, 1989... CHAPTER 1. THE HOME ECONOMY PART 1 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND SUMMARY OF THE MAIN FORECAST The resignation of Nigel Lawson as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the appointment of John Major to replace him, has been accompanied by vigorous...

The world economy. (Chapter 2)
November 1, 1989... CHAPTER II. THE WORLD ECONOMY The overall outlook: longer-term prospects The second half of the 1980s has seen relatively strong, and rising growth in most of the major seven economies. This performance has been accompanied by a slow...

Recent developments in the Institute's domestic macromodel. (National Institute of Economic and Social Research)
November 1, 1989... RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INSTITUTE'S DOMESTIC MACROMODEL The forecast published in this Review uses the latest vintage of the Institute's domestic econometric model, version 11.4. In comparison with the model described a year ago (Model 11.1,...

British coal.
November 1, 1989... BRITISH COAL Introduction In view of the abundant resources of coal in the United Kingdom, it was natural that at the time immediately following the first oil shock in 1973 certain hopes were pinned on coal: that coal usage would...

Welfare benefits and the duration of single parenthood.
November 1, 1989... WELFARE BENEFITS AND THE DURATION OF SINGLE PARENTHOOD The number of one parent families has risen by about 80 per cent since 1971, reaching just over a million in 1986. (Haskey 1989). In 1986, they made up 14 per cent of all families with...