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

“If the Covid-19 crisis subsides and economies can largely reopen, the experiences of so many people working from home over the past year will surely shape what happens next. ”

The Guardian, March 2021: Our Research Shows Working From Home Works, In Moderation

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

Evening Standard, September 2023: Finance Bosses Doubt Bank Of England, Saying Inflation Will Still Be Too High In 2026

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

PoundSterling Live, January 2023: Key Bank of England Survey Shows No Let up in Wage Inflation Expectations

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

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

The Economist, August 2019: The Chilling Economic Effects of Brexit Uncertainty are Intensifying

Business Telegraph, August 2019: Brexit Cuts Productivity by up to 5%, Says Bank of England

Bloomberg, July 2019: Bank of England Agents Help Policy Makers See Through Brexit Economic Noise

ADVFN, July 2019: UK in the Brexit Dumpster

Yahoo Finance UK, June 2019: British Firms Stockpile £6.6bn of Goods in Run-Up to Brexit

Resolution Foundation, March 2019: Spring forward or fall back?

Business Marker News, February 2019: Bank of England expects UK economy to grow by just 1.2% in 2019

Central Banking, February 2019: BoE paper outlines results of uncertainty experiment

Financial Times, January 2019: Economists Predict the UK Economy’s Trajectory in 2019

2018

LexisNexis, December 2018: Weekly Highlights LexisNexis

AccountancyAge, December 2018: Brexit Forecasts Helping of Hindering?

The Times, December 2018: Be braced for more chaos, but give thanks to the Bank

EY ITEM Club, July 2018: Will the clouds clear for the economy?

GLA Economics, July 2018: London’s Economy Today

Bloomberg, June 2018: Businesses Are Getting More Pessimistic Over Brexit

The Times, June 2018: Brexit pessimism is growing, agents find

The Daily Mail, June 2018: Two thirds of British businesses do not see Brexit as a major cause for concern to the economy

Market News, June 2018: MNI: BOE Agents: Headcount Seen Falling In Consumer Sector

Reuters, June 2018: UK consumer economy slows, manufacturing perks up in BoE, EU surveys

The Guardian, April 2018: For British bosses a bigger headache than Brexit is emerging

ICAEW, April 2018: Brexit’s role in global growth trends

MNI, March 2018: Downside Infla Risks Cloud BOE Rate Rise Message

The Guardian, March 2018: Firms handing out inflation-beating pay rises, says Bank of England

City A.M, March 2018: Businesses set to boost investment and expect price inflation to slow

Financial Times, March 2018: Factories set to step up investment

The Independent, February 2018: Brexit ‘dampening’ UK productivity growth warns deputy Bank of England Governor Dave Ramsden

Financial Times, February 2018: BoE surveys point to long-awaited pay rise for UK workers

Reddit, February 2018: Brexit wiped out £7.7bn of business investment, says Bank of England

The Sunday Times, February 2018: Brexit wiped out £7.7bn of business investment, says Bank of England

Bloomberg, February 2018: Wages to Migration: Some Takeaways From the BOE Inflation Report

Gestion, January 2018: BoE: Incertidumbre por Brexit perjudica inversiones en Reino Unido

MTA, January 2018: Economic Data This Week

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