Joe Grice
Joseph William Grice is Chief Economist to the Office for National Statistics.Early life
He was born in Tamworth in Staffordshire. He was educated at Worcester College, Oxford, receiving a BA in PPE in 1972.Career
In HM Treasury he was Director of Macroeconomic Policy, and also the Chief Economist to the Public Services Directorate from 2000-03.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, the no longer references Mr. Grice and lists Nick Vaughan as Chief Economist, suggesting that Mr. Grice has changed jobs.He has two sons and one daughter. He married Deborah Wicks in 1976 in Oxford.
