Handelsbanken Insights Economic Update

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Handelsbanken Insights Economic Update episodes

June 06, 2022 Weekly Economic Update with UK Chief Economist James Sproule
On this week's Economic Update with James Sproule and UK economist Daniel Mahoney.
James and Daniel take a look at what recent data from the Bank of England tells us about the UK’s housing market and trends in business and consumer savings.
Plus, how are trends in migration and working patterns affecting the UK labour market?
All in under 15 minutes.
15 min
May 30, 2022 Weekly Economic Update with UK Economist Daniel Mahoney
On this week's Economic Update with James Sproule and Daniel Mahoney. James and Daniel look at the latest data releases on business confidence, how energy prices are leading to starkly different inflation rates for different income groups, and they look at UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak's recently-announced financial support package. All in under 15 minutes. Don't forget to subscribe and rate us wherever you get your podcasts.
13 min
May 23, 2022 Weekly Economic Update with UK Chief Economist James Sproule
On this week's Handelsbanken Insights Economic Update.
Following news that inflation has hit 9% we take a look at whether there are indications we are seeing the dreaded wage price spiral; plus are there any signs of optimism for the UK economy from the latest retail sales and consumer confidence data releases? Finally as government bond yields rise and investors demand higher returns on other assets, how will the UK's property market be affected?
All in under 15 minutes.
14 min
May 16, 2022 Weekly Economic Update with UK Chief Economist James Sproule
On this week’s Economic Update:
What does the news on retail sales in China mean for the global economy?
Plus, we have a couple of UK data releases later in the week - inflation and consumer confidence - we’ll be looking at what we might expect from those.
And how is the UK’s journey back to the office working out? We'll be looking at what Google mobility data says.
All in under 15 minutes.
14 min
May 09, 2022 Weekly Economic Update with UK Chief Economist James Sproule
On this week’s Economic Update, James Sproule and Sonia Rothwell look at the seemingly unstoppable rise of house prices. Plus, following the Bank of England's rate rise last week, what did we learn about the prospects for the UK economy and how does consumer confidence feed into that outlook? Finally, James considers if there are any bright spots (at all) on the economic horizon - all in under 15 minutes.

12 min
April 25, 2022 Weekly Economic Update With UK Economist Dan Mahoney
On this week's podcast, UK economist Dan Mahoney chats to Sonia Rothwell about all of the top economics stories you need to know.
UK GDP figures show the economy grew more slowly than predicted – we’ll look at why that might be. There has been a lot of discussion about the inverted US Treasury yield curve - does that signal the US is heading for recession? Plus Dan and Sonia talk about the UK’s attempts to solve the energy crisis. All in under 15 minutes.
13 min
April 25, 2022 Weekly Economic Update with Dan Mahoney
On this week’s Handelsbanken Insights Economic Update podcast:
Sonia Rothwell and UK economist Dan Mahoney take a deeper dive into what recent UK data says about inflation and the labour market. Plus, how are businesses responding to the current economic challenges, and Dan gives his opinion on what this means for the economy in the short to medium term.
All in under 15 minutes.
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10 min
April 04, 2022 Weekly Economic Update with UK Chief Economist James Sproule
James and Handelsbanken's UK economist Daniel Mahoney look into the prospects for wage growth amid challenging conditions in the UK economy, and the rather mixed picture for the country's housing market. Plus the team unpicks what the latest high frequency data says about how covid continues to affect the return to the office.
All you need to know in under 15 minutes.
14 min
March 28, 2022 Weekly Economic Update with UK Chief Economist James Sproule
James and UK economist Daniel Mahoney round up the fallout from the Chancellor's Spring Statement, plus, why do consumers and business owners disagree about what's in store for the economy? Find out in the latest Handelsbanken Insights podcast.
12 min
March 21, 2022 Weekly Economic Update with UK Chief Economist James Sproule
James and Daniel Mahoney from our UK economics team look at what could be in the Chancellor's Spring Statement; how the latest Bank of England rate rise could impact house prices; and James explains the different factors that are driving inflation in the UK and the US. All that, plus analysis of the latest Google and ONS data releases.
13 min