Open to all with an interest in price inflation

Please note: this is an in-person meeting with no online option – you do need to pre-register

Programme:
Chair: Tony Cox, Chair RPI-CPI Users Group

Keynote Talk: Professor Mike Brewer, Chief Economist and Deputy CEO, Resolution Foundation

Abi Casey, Assistant Deputy Director Prices Division, Office for National Statistics: Development of the Household Costs indices

John Astin and Jill Leyland, authors of ‘Towards a Household Inflation Index’, will present their new paper:  What next for the HCIs?

Discussants: Ashwin Kumar, Professor of Social Policy at Manchester Metroplitan University (former Chief Economist at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation) and Daniela Silcock, Head of Policy Research at the Pensions Policy Institute

General Discussion: On the themes of How should the HC be developed and what should it be used for?

 A draft of the paper by John Astin and Jill Leyland will be available a few days in advance of the event.