AI Weekly - Productivity Minus the People

Podcast: Resultsense - The Deep Dive · AI Expertise

Opublikowano: 2026-08-24

Britain's productivity numbers improved this week, and the improvement came from the denominator. LSE economists put annualised growth at 1.6% since late 2024, but the PAYE records behind that finding show employment falling by 133,000 where official statistics report a rise of 377,000. Most of the week reads differently once you notice which number is doing the work. * LSE finds 1.6% productivity growth, with tax data showing half a million fewer workers than the official series * Hays posts a £54.5m loss, its first since 2003, cuts consultants by 12%, and tells investors this downturn does not reverse * Goldman puts US c...