Podcast: Scottish Health Equity Research Unit - an introduction
Scottish Health Equity Research Unit WebsiteScottish Health Equity Research Unit BlueSky(0:34) Introduction (01:15) Origins of SHERU(04:42) Historical context of health inequalities research (8:40) Impact and Implementation (16:50) Interactions between Policy and Research(20:42) Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (27:36) Goals and Aims of SHERUIntro/Outro by Ian Macartney
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Podcast: Weekly Update - Interest Rates, Budget and SBM
PARTICIPANTSMairi Spowage, Director, Fraser of Allander Institute, University of StrathclydeJack Williamson. Associate Economist, Fraser of Allander Institute, University of StrathclydeTIMESTAMPS(00:3o) BOE: interest rates and the outlook for growth (07:00) Budget process and developments (10:20) Two child limit mitigation (16:45) Q4 2024 Scottish Business Monitor(20:10) Upcoming fiscal events and releases
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Post Budget Thoughts and 2024 Review
Timestamps (00:36) Inflation data and MPC expectations(07:45) GDP growth(11:00) Scottish Budget Report developments(20:08) Other fiscal news in 2025(22:01) Allison and Mairi discuss air quality research(26:20) Hannah and Mairi discuss the Scottish Child Payment and foodbank usage(31:45) Ben and Mairi discuss Economic Futures(35:40) Live! Scottish GDP data comes out during the podcast
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Scottish Budget 2024 Reaction
PARTICIPANTSDr Hannah Randolph, Economics Fellow, Fraser of Allander Institute, University of StrathclydeEmma Congreve, Deputy Director, Fraser of Allander Institute, University of StrathclydeDr João Sousa, Deputy Director, Fraser of Allander Institute, University of StrathclydeTIME STAMPS(0:21) Summary of main announcements(1:37) Mitigation of the two-child limit(3:42) What has happened with the budget for housing?(5:15) Hospitality relief - similar to relief in England & Wales? (8:30) Implications of omitting employer NICs from forecasts on public sector pay(13:43) Income tax and what the SFC forecasts tell us about future years(19:22) Further analysis - what to look out for
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What is CPI? Inflation statistics and how we can understand them
FAI economist Hannah Randolph is joined by Luke Michaelides and Phil Gooding from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Consumer Prices team to talk about inflation statistics. We cover what measures of inflation are produced by ONS, how they differ, and recent developments in methodology and the data underlying the statistics. We end by discussing how inflation rates impact households and businesses. ParticipantsDr Hannah Randolph, Economics Fellow, Fraser of Allander Institute, University of StrathclydeLuke Michaelides, Branch Head, Consumer Prices Development and Subgroup Production, ONSPhil Gooding, Statistician, Consumer Prices Inflation, ONS Time stamps(1:00) What are the different measures of inflation produced by ONS? How do they differ?(2:25) What are the Household Costs Indices and what do they say about how inflation affects different groups? (5:25) What types of data are used to produce these inflation measures? (7:20) How have the methods of collecting data for and calculating inflation changed?(10:20) What do changes in the inflation rate mean for households and businesses? What should people keep in mind when they hear about inflation on the news?
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