Chief Economist's Note Group Chief Economist Neil Shearing gives his weekly take on the big issues in the global economy and highlights key analysis and events from Capital Economics The Chief Economist's Note The economic implications of the collapse in global oil prices The sharp fall in oil prices over the past month or so has led to several questions about the implications for the global economy. We’ve written lots on this subject, including how central banks might... 3rd December 2018 The Chief Economist's Note Picking through the Brexit shambles While US readers were settling in for Thanksgiving dinners, those of us on the other side of the pond were left to pick over the remains of a Brexit deal that looks dead on arrival. Our UK economists... 26th November 2018 The Chief Economist's Note Worrying signs in the latest data Brexit, oil and tech stocks grabbed the headlines last week but it was third quarter GDP data from Germany and Japan that provided the most ominous signs about the outlook for the global economy... 16th November 2018 The Chief Economist's Note Distilling the gloomy news from Europe The recent flow of both news and data from Europe has painted an increasingly gloomy picture and events this week are unlikely to provide much respite, with Italy’s government facing a deadline on... 12th November 2018 The Chief Economist's Note The economics of rising populism Victory for Jair Bolsonaro in last weekend’s presidential election in Brazil has once again led to questions about the links between rising populism and economic growth. This is becoming well-trodden... 5th November 2018 The Chief Economist's Note The economics of Italy’s fiscal tightrope Last week saw a further escalation in the standoff between the EU and Italy, with Brussels taking the unprecedented step of rejecting Rome’s budget plan for 2019. We’ve written about the simmering... 29th October 2018 The Chief Economist's Note The real reason to worry about the US deficit In a week of breathless headlines (Brexit, Italy and Brexit again…) last Monday’s news that the US budget deficit widened to a six-year high of $779bn in the fiscal year ending September 30 th crept... 22nd October 2018 The Chief Economist's Note What will cause the next global downturn? Hello. My name is Neil Shearing and I’m the Group Chief Economist at Capital Economics. This is the first edition of a new publication – the Chief Economist’s Note. It will be published every Monday... 15th October 2018 Pagination Previous … Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Current page 18
The Chief Economist's Note The economic implications of the collapse in global oil prices The sharp fall in oil prices over the past month or so has led to several questions about the implications for the global economy. We’ve written lots on this subject, including how central banks might... 3rd December 2018
The Chief Economist's Note Picking through the Brexit shambles While US readers were settling in for Thanksgiving dinners, those of us on the other side of the pond were left to pick over the remains of a Brexit deal that looks dead on arrival. Our UK economists... 26th November 2018
The Chief Economist's Note Worrying signs in the latest data Brexit, oil and tech stocks grabbed the headlines last week but it was third quarter GDP data from Germany and Japan that provided the most ominous signs about the outlook for the global economy... 16th November 2018
The Chief Economist's Note Distilling the gloomy news from Europe The recent flow of both news and data from Europe has painted an increasingly gloomy picture and events this week are unlikely to provide much respite, with Italy’s government facing a deadline on... 12th November 2018
The Chief Economist's Note The economics of rising populism Victory for Jair Bolsonaro in last weekend’s presidential election in Brazil has once again led to questions about the links between rising populism and economic growth. This is becoming well-trodden... 5th November 2018
The Chief Economist's Note The economics of Italy’s fiscal tightrope Last week saw a further escalation in the standoff between the EU and Italy, with Brussels taking the unprecedented step of rejecting Rome’s budget plan for 2019. We’ve written about the simmering... 29th October 2018
The Chief Economist's Note The real reason to worry about the US deficit In a week of breathless headlines (Brexit, Italy and Brexit again…) last Monday’s news that the US budget deficit widened to a six-year high of $779bn in the fiscal year ending September 30 th crept... 22nd October 2018
The Chief Economist's Note What will cause the next global downturn? Hello. My name is Neil Shearing and I’m the Group Chief Economist at Capital Economics. This is the first edition of a new publication – the Chief Economist’s Note. It will be published every Monday... 15th October 2018