🚨NEW POST In April 2025, the increases in employer NICs announced in the Autumn Budget came into effect. We use Decision Maker Panel (DMP) survey data to study how UK firms plan to adjust and the effects on expectations up to March 2025. 🧵

ESCoE is pleased to publish a new impact summary, highlighting impact across our research projects and the broader benefits we have brought to economic measurement since 2017. Find out more: tinyurl.com/yh2s985v

UK firms' inflation expectations are most responsive when inflation coverage in the media is elevated. This shows a distinction between expectations of financial markets vs. firms - important for economic modelling. @iyotzov.bsky.social @paulmizen.bsky.social et al. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

Fantastic to see @grantfitzner.bsky.social (ONS) reference ESCoE work on management practices in evidence given to @hlhomeworking.parliament.uk in March. Read the paper: tinyurl.com/4c3zhut4 Read the meeting minutes: tinyurl.com/5yjpjx24 @jschneebacher.bsky.social @paulmizen.bsky.social

Thanks to all the participants, we will post the talks soon.

Once again, a great programme at the Empirical Management Conference. Tomorrow, @paulmizen.bsky.social will present our paper on the many innovations well-managed firms made to overcome the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, and how this has shaped their post-pandemic working practices.