Kicking off a new monthly spotlight series for our Brussels based team, we have Senior Economist Luca Barbieri. Luca has been with us for 5 years now, and shares what he loves most about being an economist and what first inspired him to pursue a career in economics.
Tell us ab…
Posted by: Andrew Sentance
Publish date: 21st April, 2022 | 9:43am21/4/2022
With the latest IMF projections for global growth revised down to 3.6 percent this year and next, Senior Adviser Andrew Sentance considers the factors affecting this new forecast. Will the tensions between the West, Russia and China be a temporary phase, or continue to prevail?
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Posted by: Jon Stenning
Publish date: 30th March, 2022 | 3:26pm30/3/2022
Our latest analysis of high oil and gas prices show the need for policy support, to manage a rapid transition away from fossil fuels and to prevent long-term damage to affected communities. Head of Environment Jon Stenning unpacks the key findings, with a focus on the UK, EU27 an…
Posted by: Andrew Sentance
Publish date: 21st February, 2022 | 5:32pm21/2/2022
Senior Adviser Andrew Sentance argues that in terms of both monetary and fiscal policy, policy-makers in the UK and around the world need to take a gradualist approach to countering the current inflation surge.
Inflation is on the rise in the UK and in many other countries aro…
Posted by: Rosie Hayward
Publish date: 8th February, 2022 | 9:31am8/2/2022
What is scenario analysis and why does it matter? Economic Modeller Rosie Hayward explains, commenting on a recent Twitter conversation on the purpose of mathematical modelling and using the concept of a spherical cat in a vacuum to illustrate.
Mathematical modelling entered t…
Posted by: Jen Dicks
Publish date: 19th January, 2022 | 12:20pm19/1/2022
Project Manager Jen Dicks calls for a joined-up Government approach that tackles the fuel poverty and cost-of-living crisis whilst also achieving levelling up and net zero commitments. Jen argues that 2022 presents a unique opportunity for the UK to manage a green economic recove…
Posted by: Phil Summerton
Publish date: 11th January, 2022 | 10:10am11/1/2022
As we enter 2022, there are many questions about how this year will fare compared to the last two years of a global pandemic, unemployment, political instability, increasingly frequent and intense natural disasters, and other climate change-induced socio-economic impacts.
Here…
Posted by: János Hidi
Publish date: 18th November, 2021 | 3:54pm18/11/2021
Sustainable Investment Manager János Hidi argues that if the finance sector is to successfully respond to the needs of the climate transition and decarbonisation policies laid out by COP26, investors must start broadening their horizons and shift away from short-term views of th…
Richard Lewney, Andrew Sentance and Jon Stenning share their response to the Autumn Budget and Spending Review. They argue that the OBR reveals the truth of the British economy, projecting poor macroeconomic performance, and that the latest energy tax measures give little confide…
After almost twenty years at Cambridge Econometrics, our Chief Economist Hector Pollitt is moving on to take on a new role at an international organisation. We took the opportunity to sit down with Hector and ask him about economic thinking, how it has developed and changed, and …