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Jonathan Shaw

Jonathan Shaw is a Technical Specialist in the Economics Department research team at the Financial Conduct Authority. He works on understanding households and their financial circumstances, as well as applying data science tools to answer economic questions.

Imagery for Coronavirus and intergenerational difference – the emerging picture view

Coronavirus and intergenerational difference – the emerging...

Covid-19 has had profound impacts on all of us. Some of the effects are universal: we all know someone who is suffering from the health or economic impacts. Early data is beginning to reveal the...

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15 mins
Imagery for Journey into distress part 2 – the profile of debtors in difficulty view

Journey into distress part 2 – the profile of debtors in dif...

A close analysis of the UK’s troubled borrowers confirms many intuitive assumptions about distress, but it also throws up some unexpected findings. Different borrowers experience distress in...

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8 mins
Imagery for Journey into distress part 1 – a study of the UK’s troubled borrowers view

Journey into distress part 1 – a study of the UK’s troubled...

A study of the credit files of hundreds of thousands of people reveals the typical financial lives of those who fall into money problems. The findings confirm, but also confound many assumptions...

Multiple authors
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8 mins