This section contains data related to the household spending and income and the housing market. Aggregate household consumption and income data comparable to modern day national accounts measures are available back to the C19th. House price data using modern hedonic methods are available from the late C19th. Digitised periodicals include Consumer Trends and the Family Expenditure Survey Reports.
Annual estimates of household consumption and incomes from the early C19th are available in the Bank of England's Millennium of Data Spreadsheet which combines historical estimates with current national accounts data to create continuous series up to the present.
House Prices and Housing Market Activity
Residential house price indices with a reasonable coverage and based on modern methods of construction are only available for the UK from the late C19th. Recent work by Luke Samy is the first to construct indices based on actual transactional data that cover the period from the late Victorian era up to the start of WW2. His indices start in 1895 and end in 1939. Samy uses hedonic methods to adjust for quality changes over time, however the indices cover only London and the South East. These indices are available in Bank's Millennium of Data Spreadsheet and are linked to later estimates.
Some of these later estimates alongside many other housing market statistics can be found in
Alan Holmans' Historical Statistics of Housing in Great Britain
which has recently been digitised in pdf format by the Cambridge Centre for Housing & Planning Research
The LSE digital library also has digitised the Compendium of Building Society Statistics for a number of years which contains many useful historical series on housing market finance and activity.
The Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin contained various useful articles on the development of household savings and how the measurement of the saving ratio was affected by inflation
The Institute of Fiscal Studies carried out a very useful survey of Consumption Trends between 1975 and 1999 using information from the Family Expenditure Survey and other sources:
The following titles are available to select in the dropdown menus of this section.
Consumer Trends
Family Expenditure Survey
Housing and Construction Statistics
The Effects of Taxes and Benefits on Household Income
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1951
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1957-59
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1960 and 1961
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1962
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The incidence of taxes and social service benefits in 1961 and 1962
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1963
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1964
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The incidence of taxes and social service benefits in 1963 and 1964
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1965
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1966
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The incidence of taxes and social service benefits in 1965 and 1966
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Housing Statistics - No. 1 1966
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1967
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The incidence of taxes and social service benefits in 1967
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1968
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The incidence of taxes and social service benefits in 1968
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Housing Statistics - No. 8 Jan 1968
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1969
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The incidence of taxes and social service benefits in 1969
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Housing Statistics - No. 15 Nov 1969
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1970
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The incidence of taxes and social service benefits in 1970
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1971
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The incidence of taxes and social service benefits in 1971
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Housing Statistics - No. 20 Feb 1971
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Housing Statistics - No. 21 May 1971
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Housing Statistics - No. 22 Aug 1971
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Housing Statistics - No. 23 Nov 1971
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1972
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The incidence of taxes and social service benefits in 1972
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Housing & Construction Statistics - No.2 - Q2 1972
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Housing & Construction Statistics - No.3 - Q3 1972
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Housing & Construction Statistics - No.4 - Q4 1972
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1973
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The incidence of taxes and social service benefits in 1973
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Housing & Construction Statistics - No.5 - Q1 1973
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Housing & Construction Statistics - No.6 - Q2 1973
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Housing & Construction Statistics - No.7 - Q3 1973
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Housing & Construction Statistics - No.8 - Q4 1973
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1974
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Effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1974
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Housing & Construction Statistics - No.9 - Q1 1974
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1975
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Effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1975
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1976
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Effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1976
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Housing & Construction Statistics - No.17 - Q1 1976
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Housing & Construction Statistics - No.20 - Q4 1976
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1977
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Effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1977
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Housing & Construction Statistics - No.24 - Q4 1977
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1978
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Effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1978
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1979
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Effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1979
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Housing & Construction Statistics - No.29 - Q1 1979
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Housing & Construction Statistics - No.32 - Q4 1979
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1980
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Effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1980
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Jun 1980 - Part 1
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Sep 1980 - Part 1
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1981
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Effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1981
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1982
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The effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1982
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1983
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The effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1983
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1984
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The effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1984
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1985
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The effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1985
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1986 (Revised)
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The effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1986
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1987
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The effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1987
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1988
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The effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1988
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Family Expenditure Survey - Report for 1989
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The effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1989
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The effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1990
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Dec 1990 - Part 1
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Dec 1990 - Part 2
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The effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1991
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The effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1992
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The effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1993
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Mar 1993 - Part 1
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Mar 1993 - Part 2
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Jun 1993 - Part 1
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Jun 1993 - Part 2
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Sep 1993 - Part 1
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Sep 1993 - Part 2
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Dec 1993 - Part 1
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Dec 1993 - Part 2
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Mar 1994 - Part 1
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Mar 1994 - Part 2
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Jun 1994 - Part 1
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Jun 1994 - Part 2
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Sep 1994 - Part 1
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Sep 1994 - Part 2
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Sep 1995 - Part 1
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Sep 1995 - Part 2
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Dec 1994 - Part 1
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The effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1994/95
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Jun 1995 - Part 1
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Jun 1995 - Part 2
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Dec 1995 - Part 1
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Dec 1995 - Part 2
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The effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1995/96
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Mar 1995 - Part 1
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Housing & Construction Statistics - Mar 1995 - Part 2
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The effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 1996/1997
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Family Spending - 2000 Edition
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Consumer Trends - Q4 2000
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Family Spending - 2001 Edition
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Consumer Trends - Q1 2001
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Consumer Trends - Q2 2001
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Labour Market Trends Jul 2001
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Labour Market Trends Aug 2001
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Labour Market Trends Sep 2001
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Consumer Trends - Q3 2001
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Labour Market Trends Oct 2001
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Labour Market Trends Nov 2001
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Labour Market Trends Dec 2001
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Consumer Trends - Q4 2001
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Family Spending - 2002 Edition
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Labour Market Trends Jan 2002
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Labour Market Trends Feb 2002
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Labour Market Trends Mar 2002
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Consumer Trends - Q1 2002
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Labour Market Trends Apr 2002
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Labour Market Trends May 2002
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Labour Market Trends Jun 2002
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Consumer Trends - Q2 2002
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Labour Market Trends Jul 2002
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Labour Market Trends Sep 2002
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Consumer Trends - Q3 2002
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Labour Market Trends Oct 2002
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Labour Market Trends Nov 2002
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Labour Market Trends Dec 2002
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Consumer Trends - Q4 2002
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Family Spending - 2003 Edition
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Labour Market Trends Jan 2003
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Labour Market Trends Feb 2003
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Labour Market Trends Mar 2003
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Consumer Trends - Q1 2003
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Labour Market Trends Apr 2003
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Labour Market Trends Jun 2003
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Consumer Trends - Q2 2003
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Labour Market Trends Jul 2003
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Consumer Trends - Q3 2003
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Labour Market Trends Oct 2003
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Labour Market Trends Nov 2003
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Labour Market Trends Dec 2003
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Consumer Trends - Q4 2003
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The effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 2003/2004
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Family Spending - 2004 Edition
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Labour Market Trends Jan 2004
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Labour Market Trends Feb 2004
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Labour Market Trends Mar 2004
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Consumer Trends - Q1 2004
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Labour Market Trends Apr 2004
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Labour Market Trends Jun 2004
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Consumer Trends - Q2 2004
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Labour Market Trends Jul 2004
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Labour Market Trends Sep 2004
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Consumer Trends - Q3 2004
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Labour Market Trends Oct 2004
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Labour Market Trends Nov 2004
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Labour Market Trends Dec 2004
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Consumer Trends - Q4 2004
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Family Spending - 2005 Edition
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Labour Market Trends Jan 2005
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Labour Market Trends Feb 2005
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Labour Market Trends Mar 2005
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Consumer Trends - Q1 2005
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Labour Market Trends Apr 2005
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Labour Market Trends May 2005
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Labour Market Trends Jun 2005
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Consumer Trends - Q2 2005
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Labour Market Trends Jul 2005
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Labour Market Trends Aug 2005
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Labour Market Trends Sep 2005
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Consumer Trends - Q3 2005
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Labour Market Trends Oct 2005
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Labour Market Trends Nov 2005
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Labour Market Trends Dec 2005
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Consumer Trends - Q4 2005
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The effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 2005/2006
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Family Spending - 2006 Edition
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Labour Market Trends Jan 2006
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Labour Market Trends Feb 2006
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Labour Market Trends Mar 2006
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Consumer Trends - Q1 2006
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Labour Market Trends Apr 2006
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Labour Market Trends May 2006
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Labour Market Trends Jun 2006
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Consumer Trends - Q2 2006
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Labour Market Trends Jul 2006
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Labour Market Trends Aug 2006
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Labour Market Trends Sep 2006
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Consumer Trends - Q3 2006
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Labour Market Trends Oct 2006
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Labour Market Trends Nov 2006
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Labour Market Trends Dec 2006
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Consumer Trends - Q4 2006
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Family Spending - 2007 Edition
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Consumer Trends - Q1 2007
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Consumer Trends - Q2 2007
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Consumer Trends - Q3 2007
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Consumer Trends - Q4 2007
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Family Spending - 2008 Edition
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Consumer Trends - Q1 2008
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Consumer Trends - Q2 2008
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Consumer Trends - Q3 2008
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Consumer Trends - Q4 2008
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The effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 2008/2009
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Family Spending - 2009 Edition
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Consumer Trends - Q2 2009
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Consumer Trends - Q4 2009
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Consumer Trends - Q1 2009
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Consumer Trends - Q3 2009
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The effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 2009/2010
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The effects of taxes and benefits on income inequality in 1980-2010