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Chart of the week: Japan demographics
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- 08 Jun 2023
We look at how Japan’s population is ageing and falling fast, presenting some major challenges for the public finances of the third largest national economy in the world.
Chart of the week: Consumer price inflation
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- 01 Jun 2023
Our chart illustrates how ‘core inflation’, energy price rises, and food, alcohol and tobacco price inflation contributed to a lower than expected fall in the overall rate of inflation in April 2023.
Government Finance Business Partner Network activity gathering pace
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- 01 Jun 2023
Chartered Accountants' Hall recently hosted the inaugural face to face event for finance business partners working in central government departments, agencies and other public bodies.
Chart of the week: International migration 2022
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- 25 May 2023
As figures reveal that just over 600,000 more people came to live in the UK in 2022 than left to live elsewhere, this week’s chart looks at the numbers behind the comings and goings.
High interest costs continue squeezing UK public finances
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- 23 May 2023
The provisional deficit of £26bn for April 2023 as revealed by the ONS is the second highest on record.
Chart of the week: VAT threshold
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- 18 May 2023
The mystery of just why so many businesses sit just below the VAT registration threshold will be a big topic of debate at ICAEW’s VAT at 50 conference on Monday 22 May.
ICAEW: local authority accounts must be more understandable
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- 12 May 2023
ICAEW evidence to a parliamentary inquiry says local authority financial statements and audit are vital to delivering value for money, but that weaknesses hamper effective governance.
Chart of the week: Food prices
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- 11 May 2023
An inflation rate of 10.1% in the year to March 2023 conceals a huge variation in individual price rises, as illustrated by this week’s chart on food prices.
Chart of the week: Royal Household finances
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- 04 May 2023
His Majesty’s Coronation prompts us to peek into how the monarchy is funded and where the money goes.
Chart of the week: Public finances 2022/23
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- 27 Apr 2023
The public finances continue to be battered by economic shocks as this week’s chart on the past five years of red ink illustrates.
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