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Commentary: Modernising Economic Statistics: Why It Matters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2020

Diane Coyle
Diane Coyle*
Affiliation:
Professor of Economics, University of Manchester and Founder, Enlightenment Economics
*
E-mail: Diane.Coyle@manchester.ac.uk
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National Institute Economic Review , Volume 234 , November 2015 , pp. F4 - F7
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Copyright © 2015 National Institute of Economic and Social Research

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