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Clash of the Titans Competition Entry
Every year, the Economic Research Council invites three economic professionals to give their forecasts for the UK economy in the coming year, at the annual Clash of the Titans competition. This year’s competition featured Julian Jessop, Prof. Patrick Minford and Dr Andrew Sentance representing Cambridge, Oxford and the LSE respectively. But we also want to hear […]
Clash of the Titans 2016 Rankings
Below are this year’s Titans’ predictions in more detail: Graham Gudgin (Cambridge) Q4 ’16 Q1 ’17 Q2 ’17 Q3 ’17 GDP 0.5 (-0.2) 0.3 (0.0) 0.4 (0.0) 0.2 (0.0) Inflation 1.4 (+0.2) 3.0 (0.0) 3.0 (0.0) 4.1 (0.0) Unemployment 4.6 (-0.2) 4.6 (0.0) 4.7 (0.0) 4.7 (0.0) Interest Rates 0.3 (0.0) 0.5 (+0.25) 1.0 (0.0) 1.25 (0.0) Average Earnings 2.9 (+0.3) 3.6 (0.0) 3.2 (0.0) 3.2 (0.0) Gold Price […]
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2016 Property Event
8th June 2016, 18:30 – 21:00 The Fourth Annual “Boom or Bust” Property Discussion Insights from top property experts on the future of the UK housing market After the success of our three previous annual property events, the Economic Research Council is hosting a fourth discussion on the residential and commercial property markets to address […]
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