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 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 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
