Clash of the Titans

Previous Results Summary Clash of the Titans I Winner: Oxford, John Muellbauer Clash of the Titans II Winner: LSE, Ethan Ilzetzki Clash of the Titans III Winner: Cambridge, Kevin Daly Clash of the Titans IV Winner: LSE, Michael McMahon Clash of the Titans V: 2nd December 2015   Clash of the Titans I 6th December […]

 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 […]

Clash of the Titans VI Supported by PwC       #ERCTitans         On 30th November 2016, the Economic Research Council hosted the sixth annual “Clash of the Titans” event.  We invited three notable economic alumni from the top three university economics departments in the country (Graham Gudgin from Cambridge, Vicky Pryce from LSE, and Paul Ormerod from […]

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 […]