Joseph William Grice (born 25 July 1952) is Chief Economist to the

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(ONS).

Early life

He was born in Tamworth in

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. He was educated at

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, receiving a BA in PPE in 1972.

Career

HM Treasury

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he was Director of Macroeconomic Policy, and also the Chief Economist to the Public Services Directorate from 2000-03.

Office for National Statistics

He has been Chief Economist at the ONS since 2007. He is responsible for the production of UK economic statistics such as GDP, inflation and labour market figures. Note that as of November 2018, th
ONS website
no longer references Mr. Grice and lists Nick Vaughan as Chief Economist, suggesting that Mr. Grice has changed jobs. He was made a

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of the

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in May 2025.https://res.org.uk/the-royal-economic-society-announces-founding-fellows/

Personal life

He has two sons and one daughter. He married Deborah Wicks in 1976 in Oxford.

References

External links

Green Growth Knowledge
Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford British economists Civil servants in the Office for National Statistics People from Tamworth, Staffordshire 1952 births Living people Fellows of the Royal Economic Society {{UK-economist-stub