The Decision Maker Panel has received significant media interest, having featured in outlets such as the Financial Times, the Times, the Sunday Times, the Guardian and the Independent – to name a few

“UK firms have said they expect to increase prices more quickly as they come under pressure from surging energy prices linked to the Iran war, according to Bank of England data. The Decision Maker Panel (DMP) survey showed that firms expected to increase their prices by 3.5% over the next 12 months, according to data for the three months to March. The survey said this pointed to firms adjusting their expectations as a result of the recent increases in energy prices”.

Independent, April 2026: Firms Predict Faster Increases in Prices Amid Middle East Conflict

2026

Financial Times, May 2026: Companies Are Gearing Up for Price Increases

Bloomberg, April 2026: Bank of England Surveys Suggest Energy Shock isn’t Fueling Wages

Reuters, April 2026: UK Companies Ramp Up Selling Price Expectations, Bank of England Survey Shows

Reuters, April 2026: UK Firms Report Biggest Jump in Price Expectations in Nearly Two Years, BoE Survey Shows

Independent, April 2026: Firms Predict Faster Increases in Prices Amid Middle East Conflict

Financial Times, April 2026: Bank of England Divided Over How to Tackle Energy-induced Inflation

The Times, March 2026: The UK is Right to Reset its Relationship With the EU

Guardian, March 2026: Rachel Reeves Reveals Push for Fiscal Devolution to English regions, says Brexit Caused Damage, and Admits Student Loan System is ‘Broken’ – as it Happened

Bloomberg, March 2026: UK Price Pressures Were Easing Before Iran War, BOE Survey Finds

Fortune, February 2026: Thousands of CEOs Just Admitted AI had no Impact on Employment or Productivity and it has Economists Resurrecting a Paradox from 40 years ago

Economist, February 2026: The AI Productivity Boom is Not Here (Yet)

Bloomberg, February 2026: Bank of England to Hold Interest Rates as Caution Reigns: Decision Guide

Reuters, February 2026: British Firms’ Wage Growth Expectations Cool Slightly, BoE Survey shows

Financial Times, January 2026 : Don’t be Fooled – Everything Has Changed for Global Economy

Reuters, January 2026 : UK Firms Trim Wage Expectations But Inflation Pressures Remain

Bloomberg, January 2026 : UK Firms’ Price, Wage Expectations Edge Down in BOE Survey

2025

The Economist, December 2025: Britain And The EU Should Be Bolder In Getting Closer

The Economist, December 2025: Brexit Has Deepened The British Economy’s Flaws And Dulled Its Strengths

Bloomberg, December 2025: Brexit Hit To UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds

The Times, December 2025: Brexit Made Us Poorer And It’s Getting Worse

Financial Times, December 2025: UK Must Do More Than Go On Muddling Through

The Business Times – Singapore, December 2025: UK Pay Growth Accelerates to Five-Month High, Recruiters Say

Bloomberg, December 2025: Economists Judge Brexit Bill To be Worse Than Ever Just as Politics Is Shifting

The New York Times, December 2025: Britain’s Struggles Are America’s Future

The Guardian, December 2025: Britain Is Stuck With A Failed Brexit That Neither Citizens Nor Leaders Want. Here Are Three Ways To Fix That

Reuters, December 2025: UK Firms to Cut Jobs But Raise Prices, BoE Survey Shows

Financial Times, December 2025: UK Businesses Cut Jobs at Fastest Pace since 2021 While Builders Report Steep Downturn

Financial Times, November 2025: How To Get The UK Out Of Its Economic Hole

The Observer, November 2025: Rachel Reeves Is In A Budget Double Bind

Bloomberg, November 2025: Brexit hit to UK Economy double the official estimate, study finds

The Times, November 2025: We Brexiteers Must Acknowledge The Costs Of Leaving Europe

Bloomberg, November 2025: BOE’s Mann Says Firms’ Pricing Points to ‘Upside’ Inflation Risk

Reuters, November 2025: UK companies’ job sentiment hits 5-year low, BoE survey shows

Financial Times, October 2025: Central Banks Need To Learn Lessons About Supply Shocks

Reuters, August 2025: UK Inflation Heat Puts Bank of England Back In The Spotlight

Bloomberg, September 2025: UK Wages Are Growing at Weakest Pace Since Covid, Survey Finds

Bloomberg, September 2025: UK Firms Cut Jobs At Fastest Pace Since 2021, BoE Survey shows

Reuters, September 2025: UK Firms Report Biggest Drop In Employment Since 2021 in BoE Survey

The Guardian, September 2025: UK Businesses Cut Jobs At Fastest Pace In Four Years Over Summer, Bank of England Finds

Financial Times, September 2025: UK Businesses Cut Jobs At Fastest Pace Since 2021, BoE Survey Shows

Financial Times, August 2025: Business Chiefs More Gloomy On UK Economy Than Any Time Since 2016

Bloomberg, July 2025: Surveys Show UK Economy Rebounding From Labour Taxes, US Tariffs

Reuters, June 2025: British Firms Shrug Off US tariffs, BoE Survey Shows

Bloomberg, April 2025: UK Inflation Expectations Stay Elevated in Headache for BOE

The Times, April 2025: UK Interest Rates Held at 4.5% By Bank of England

The Times, April 2025: Can Companies Absorb The National Insurance Increase?

Reuters, February 2025: UK Firms Trim Wage Growth Expectations, BoE Survey Shows

Reuters, January 2025: UK Firms To Raise Prices And Cut Jobs After Tax Hike, BoE Survey Shows

2024

2023

Investors’ Chronicle, September 2023: What the Bank of England Does Next

Reuters, September 2023: UK Businesses Plan Lowest Price Rises Since Feb 2022: BoE

Bloomberg, September 2023: UK Firms Expect to Raise Prices at Slowest Pace Since 2021

The Guardian, September 2023: Now Even The Bank Of England Admits Greedflation Is A Thing

Financial Times, September 2023: UK Businesses’ Inflation And Wage Expectations Ease In August

Financial Times, September 2023: Time For The UK To Tax Inflation

Bloomberg, August 2023: UK Firms Become More Positive on Inflation as Expectations Fall

Reuters, August 2023: UK Firms Dial Back Price And Wage Growth Expectations, Bank Of England Says

FX Street, July 2023: BoE DMP Survey: UK Firms See Year-Ahead CPI Inflations Sharply Down To 4.8% In Aug

ING, June 2023: Why the Bank Of England Is Unlikely To Push Back Against Lofty Interest Rate Expectations

Bloomberg, June 2023: New BOE Rate Setter Greene Says Policymakers Should Focus on Medium Term

BNN Bloomberg, June 2023: UK Bond Yields Rise as Mann Warns on Persistent Inflation

ING, June 2023: Sticky UK Wage Growth Means No Rate Cuts For The Bank Of England Until 2024

Financial Times, June 2023: Finance Chiefs Expect Inflation Burden To Ease

Reuters, June 2023: UK Firms Plan Lower Price Rises In Next 12 Months: BoE Survey

Financial Post, June 2023: UK Firms Plan Lower Price Rises In Next 12 Months: BoE Survey

Bloomberg, June 2023: UK Mortgage Lending Unexpectedly Falls After Interest Rate Hikes

ING, May 2023: Bank of England: Four Scenarios For The May Meeting

Reuters, May 2023: UK Companies See Cooler Wage Growth And Inflation, Bank Of England Survey Shows

Bloomberg, May 2023: BOE Rate Hike Looks More Likely With UK Economy Showing Resilience

Financial Times, March 2023: Who’s To Blame For Sticky Prices?

Reuters, March 2023: UK Wage Data Supports Final BoE Hike Next Week 

Bloomberg, March 2023: UK Pound Could Weaken Further, Warns BOE’s Catherine Mann

Financial Times, March 2023: UK Businesses Expect Inflation And Costs To Ease But Wages To Stay High

Bloomberg, March 2023: BOE Should Rethink Route to 2% Inflation, NatWest’s Davies Says

Reuters, March 2023: UK Businesses Plan Smallest Price Rises In A Year: BoE Survey

Financial Times, March 2023: UK Businesses Under Pressure As Wage Growth Rises Again

Bloomberg, February 2023: UK Finance Chiefs’ Price Fears Cooled Significantly, Says BOE

The Washington Post, January 2023: UK Firms Don’t Want to Talk About You-Know-What

Bloomberg, January 2023: UK Firms Don’t Want to Talk About You-Know-What

Financial Times, January 2023: UK Businesses Cut Investment As Interest Rates Rise, BoE Survey Finds

Bloomberg, January 2023: BOE Says Outlook for Inflation and Wages Worsens for Businesses

2022

2021

2020

The Times, November 2021: Can a Four-Day Week Be The Key To Solving The Productivity Puzzle?

Financial Times, December 2020: UK Services Activity Better Than Expected, Despite New Covid Curbs

Bloomberg, November 2020: BOE’s Ramsden Says Unclear if Vaccine Warrants Boost to Forecast

Reuters, November 2020: Bank of England’s Ramsden Sees Plus For Economy From Vaccine News

The Telegraph, November 2020: Third of Hotels and Restaurants Fear Collapse Over ‘Tough Winter’

The Wall Street Journal, September 2020: The Stock Market Barely Faltered in the 1918-20 Pandemic. Is History Repeating Itself?

Financial Times, August 2020: Central Bankers Grapple with Changed Landscape at Jackson Hole

The New York Times, August 2020: As Uncertainty Threatens U.S. Growth, Fed Seeks More Firepower

The Sunday Times, August 2020: V, W or Aarrgh? It Depends on the Virus – And Jobs

The Times, August 2020: New Thinking For a New Normal: Embrace Change or Be Left Behind

Sunday Times, June 2020: The Floor’s The Limit – We Must Avoid Negative Interest Rates

Chicago Booth Review, April 2020: The US economy Could Contract 11 Percent in 2020

Financial Times, March 2020: Bank of England Warns of ‘Very Sharp’ Economic Downturn

New York Times, March 2020: More Firms Expect Brexit Uncertainty to Stretch Into 2021: Bank of England

Reuters, March 2020: More firms expect Brexit uncertainty to stretch into 2021: Bank of England

Action Forex, March 2020: 76% of UK firms expect Brexit uncertainty to persist until at least 2021

Nasdaq, March 2020: More firms expect Brexit uncertainty to stretch into 2021 – Bank of England

Markets Insider, March 2020: BoE Survey Shows More Firms See Brexit Uncertainty Lasting Until At Least 2021

Financial Times, February 2020: Business Investment Expected To Pick Up As Brexit Begins To Clear

Financial Times, January 2020: Is The UK Set For a Brexit Bounce?

Financial Times, January 2020: Will the Bank of England Cut Interest Rates?

The Times, January 2020: David Smith: Hoping For The Best on Brexit and World Trade

Independent, January 20202: Brexit: Four in 10 Firms Still Think Uncertainty Will Not Be Resolved in 2020

Financial Post, January 2020: UK Businesses Report Fall in Brexit Uncertainty In Dec – BoE Survey

MoneyAge, January 2020: Brexit Continues to Cause Uncertainty Amongst UK Businesses

The Telegram, January 2020: UK Companies Turn a Little Less Gloomy Over Brexit Impact – BoE Survey

Financial Times, January 2020: UK Hit by Sharpest Deterioration in Manufacturing in 7 Years

Independent, January 2020: Brexit Uncertainty Lifted Slightly for Business Leaders – Survey

Forexlive, January 2020: Cable gives back some of the late-year gains

Belfast Telegraph, January 2020: Brexit Uncertainty Lifted Slightly for Business Leaders – Survey

Bloomberg, January 2020: U.K. Election Result Reduces Companies’ Brexit Uncertainty

The Guardian, January 2020: Business Hope Fading for Brexit Clarity in 2020, Bank Says

The Sun, January 2020: Election Booster, Print Only (p. 47)

Evening Express, January 2020: Brexit Uncertainty Lifted Slightly for Business Leaders – Survey

2019

Bloomberg, November 2019: UK Businesses Put Probability of Brexit Deal in 2020 Below 50%

Reuters, November 2019:  Brexit Impasse Takes its Toll on British Business Investment

The New York Times, November 2019:  Brexit Impasse Takes its Toll on British Business Investment

The Telegraph, October 2019: Businesses Tell Westminster to ‘Get It Sorted’ on Brexit as Investment Spending Lags

Investors Chronicle, October 2019: Brexit: Trick or Treat?

Wall Street Journal, October 2019: Financial Markets Face Fresh Wave of Political Uncertainty: ‘There’s Literally Nowhere To Hide’

The Australian, October 2019: Brexit Fatigue Huirting British Business

The NBER Digest, October 2019: Brexit Uncertainty is Taking It’s Toll on The British Economy

The Telegraph, October 2019: UK Damaged ‘Speed Limit’ for Growth Could Hamper Bank of England Lowering Rates Says Deputy Governor

The Spectator, October 2019: Why Ken Fisher Thinks Brexiting Should be Bullish

The Economist, October 2019: Uncertainty About Brexit is Hampering Business Investment in Britain

Fortune, October 2019: ‘Nobody Knows What to Do:’ How 3 Years of Brexit Uncertainty Has Paralysed British Business

Financial Times, October 2019: Fall in UK Labour Productivity is Worst in 5 Years

The Telegraph, October 2019: Economy Takes £20bn Hit From Business Investment Plunge Since Brexit Vote

Bloomberg, October 2019: Productivity Suffers as UK Managers Focus on Brexit Readiness

Financial Times, September 2019: Entrenched Uncertainty is a Global Problem

Independent, September 2019: Brexit if Hurting the UK Productivity, and Wages With It

Financial Times, August 2019: Brexit Has Cut Productivity by up to 5% says Bank of England

Reuters, August 2019: Brexit Planning Cut Productivity of UK Firms – Bank of England

The Daily Mail, August 2019: Brexit Planning Cut Productivity of UK Firms – Bank of England

The New York Times, August 2019: Brexit Planning Cut Productivity of UK Firms – Bank of England

2018

2017

The Sunday Times, December 2017: Only An End to Uncertainty Will Lift All Our Spirits

Financial Times, December 2017: Labour Shortage Fears Could Drive Up Pay

UK and EU, November 2017: The Cost of Brexit Related Uncertainty

Financial Times, September 2017: Business Fears Brexit Will Hit Sales, Study Finds

Market News International, September 2017: BOE CFO Survey: Brexit A Downside Risk But Firms Staying Put

Financial Post, August 2017: London Losing Status With Financial Firms As Brexit Approaches