The 9th Annual
Economic Forecasting Competition
in association with KPMG
Our titans and their predictions are detailed below…
Linda Yueh– Economist, Broadcaster and Author
Professor Linda Yueh is Fellow in Economics, St Edmund Hall, Oxford University and Adjunct Professor of Economics, London Business School. She is also Visiting Professor at LSE IDEAS and Chair of the LSE Economic Diplomacy Commission. Her latest book, The Great Economists: How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today, was The Times’s Best Business Books of 2018.
Watch Linda give her predictions below:
| 2019 | 2020 | |||
| Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |
| GDP Growth
(Quarterly, % change) |
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| Inflation
(CPI All Items, % change YoY) |
1.2% | 1.7% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Unemployment
(% rate, all 16 and over) |
4.0% | 4.0% | 4.0% | 4.0% |
| Interest Rates
(official Bank Rate) |
0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% |
| Earnings Growth
(Excl bonuses, % change YoY) |
3.8% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 3.8% |
| Lowest Sterling/Euro Exchange rate
(lowest point between 31st Jan – 31st Oct) |
1.13 | |||
Nina Skero – Chief Executive , CEBR
Born in Belgrade in 1990, Nina joined Cebr in 2014 as an Economist. Over her five years at the company she advanced through a number of positions (Senior Economist, Managing Economist, Head of Macroeconomics, and Director). Her research has covered a number of areas including housing, Brexit preparations, the consumer economy and international development.
Given the high profile of her work, Nina regularly engages in media appearances, including live commentary on BBC News, Bloomberg TV and Sky News as well as speaking engagements on national and regional radio stations. Her commentary has been featured in leading publications such as The Times, Financial Times, The Guardian, Bloomberg, City A.M. and Daily Mail. She has become one of the UK’s leading voices in the economics space, regularly speaking at conferences around the country and the world. Before joining Cebr, Nina worked as an analyst at an industrial technology company, focusing on demand forecasting. She graduated summa cum laude from Babson College in 2012 with a double concentration in Economics and Global Business Management. She also holds an MSc in Political Economy of Europe from the London School of Economics.
Watch Nina give her predictions below:
| 2019 | 2020 | |||
| Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |
| GDP Growth
(Quarterly, % change) |
0.2% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.6% |
| Inflation
(CPI All Items, % change YoY) |
1.7% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.3% |
| Unemployment
(% rate, all 16 and over) |
3.9% | 3.9% | 4.0% | 4.1% |
| Interest Rates
(official Bank Rate) |
0.8% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Earnings Growth
(Excl bonuses, % change YoY) |
3.2% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.6% |
| Lowest Sterling/Euro Exchange rate
(lowest point between 31st Jan – 31st Oct) |
1.14 | |||
Dilip Shah, the competition’s overall best performer!
Dilip Shah has been an economist for 15 years working in both public and private sector. As an entrant of the public Clash of the Titans forecasting competition for six years, Dilip has excelled with his forecasts. He has won the overall competition on two occasions, beating all previous professional titans and hundreds of public entrants. For five out of six years Dilip has ended up in the top ten with forecasts that barely differ from the real data at all.
Watch Dilip give his predictions below:
| 2019 | 2020 | |||
| Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |
| GDP Growth
(Quarterly, % change) |
0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| Inflation
(CPI All Items, % change YoY) |
1.6% | 1.7% | 1.2% | 1.1% |
| Unemployment
(% rate, all 16 and over) |
3.9% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 3.8% |
| Interest Rates
(official Bank Rate) |
0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% |
| Earnings Growth
(Excl bonuses, % change YoY) |
3.2% | 3.3% | 2.9% | 2.9% |
| Lowest Sterling/Euro Exchange rate
(lowest point between 31st Jan – 31st Oct) |
1.16 | |||
Now enter your predictions below!