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    • Friday, 3 February, 2023
      Data PointsAlan Smith
      What chimpanzees tell us about how humans see data

      People are routinely more pessimistic in their world view than they would be if they understood the statistics

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      Sarah O'Connor
      How (not) to explain economics to the public

      The UK chancellor’s attempt to do so risked exacerbating an already significant deficit of trust and understanding

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      Data PointsFederica Cocco
      UK political leaders need to beware Texan sharpshooter tendencies

      Everyone suffers if governments fail to use accurate and transparent data

    • Thursday, 18 November, 2021
      Jude Webber
      Brexit quarrel highlights Northern Ireland’s data gaps

      Patchy economic statistics make it hard for businesses to analyse whether trade links really are in danger

    • Sunday, 19 September, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      How to make sense of the inflation data

      Surveys of expectations suggest price rises are broadening

    • Monday, 22 March, 2021
      News in-depthCoronavirus economic impact
      Pandemic data cast fog over economic picture around world

      Statistics give inconsistent and potentially misleading signals at pivotal point in crisis

    • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
      Chris Giles
      GDP may be imperfect but don’t write it off yet

      While there are reasons to criticise the economic measure, there’s no better way to gauge societal progress

    • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
      Markets InsightJames Sweeney
      Why investors are looking beyond headline GDP data

      Pandemic spurs shift away from traditional metrics of economic growth

    • Sunday, 3 January, 2021
      Daniel Mügge
      Scrap 2020 GDP data to find a path out of the harm done by coronavirus

      Traditional output estimates will mislead reconstruction efforts so we must focus on the numbers that matter

    • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
      UK business & economy
      Britons understand little about economics, report finds

      Majority fail to grasp concept of GDP or deficit and lack trust in data, according to ONS think-tank

    • Friday, 20 November, 2020
      Special ReportFT Intelligent Business
      Meet the advocates of using contracts to gauge economic health

      Digitalisation of business could unlock a new measure that complements GDP, say its champions

    • Friday, 18 September, 2020
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      Can you put a number on it? How to understand the world

      ‘If we are willing to go with our brains rather than our guts, any of us can think clearly about things’

    • Friday, 8 May, 2020
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      The statistical detective work required to ease lockdown

      We need more and better surveys from across the globe to help us take the right course

    • Thursday, 7 May, 2020
      Bobby Seagull
      Pandemic is also a test of our maths skills

      As numbers and statistics come to the fore, can we boost national numeracy?

    • Friday, 17 April, 2020
      FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
      Why are we really in lockdown? 

      Is it just about the number of dead? Or is it something deeper: making sure we live in a society we don’t feel ashamed of? 

    • Wednesday, 11 March, 2020
      Richard Davies
      The huge hidden economy is missing from and distorting our data

      Unmeasured markets often respond first when times become tough and are a safety net when governments fail

    • Monday, 23 December, 2019
      Poor productivity growth of 0.3% is ‘statistic of the decade’

      Feeble performance has shaped economic fortunes and even uneasy national mood

    • Wednesday, 23 October, 2019
      David Pilling
      African countries are missing the data needed to drive development

      Statistics on population, employment and public services would put pressure on governments

    • Wednesday, 4 September, 2019
      UK business & economy
      Sajid Javid signs death warrant for UK’s retail prices index

      Chancellor to consult on when to abolish inflation measure between 2025 and 2030

    • Monday, 12 August, 2019
      Diane Coyle
      Why we should measure national wealth in assets

      There are problems in using gross domestic product as the metric of economic success

    • Friday, 9 August, 2019
      German economy
      Volatile inflation data reflect Germans’ love of package holidays

      Statistics office changes price tracking, making life harder for ECB rate-setters

    • Wednesday, 17 July, 2019
      UK inflation
      MPs slam ‘passive’ UK Statistics Authority over RPI inflation measure

      Commons committee accuses regulator of failing to ‘serve the public good’

    • Thursday, 11 July, 2019
      News in-depthEM Squared
      Weaker currencies may reduce emerging market exports Premium content

      Confluence of factors means devaluations may now work in reverse

    • Friday, 5 July, 2019
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      Being average is not the same as being perfect

      The idea of the mean has a strange power over the way we think

    • Friday, 19 April, 2019
      On Wall StreetRobin Wigglesworth
      Illuminating Big Data will leave governments in the dark

      Private firms such as hedge funds are benefiting most from mining ‘alternative’ stats

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