Handelsbanken Insights Economic Update

In this week's episode James talks us through the latest high frequency data, inflationary concerns, swaps and spreads, business and property investment, housing in a downturn, and finally house prices.

This week in our economic update, James shares his thoughts on high frequency data, the Purchasing Manager’s Index, Quantitative Easing, energy prices and the effects of Brexit, Public Sector Net Borrowing and then lastly, looking ahead to the Budget.

Chatting to our Chief Economist James Sproule, in this week's episode we discuss the UK’s latest economic data. We look at how London and the North of England compare in terms of recovery, at UK employment and earnings data, inflationary concerns, wealth in the UK in comparison to Europe, retail sales figures, and finally, non-cash transactions and what the implications of this could be for the economy

Join us on this week's episode to hear James' views on how the UK is fairing compared to other major industrialised economies in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the effect of the Delta variant and the 'pingdemic' on the latest monthly GDP figures, trade and tax rises, the wider inflationary impact of rising shipping costs, house prices, and, finally, the European Central Bank, monetary policy and tapering. 

Join Richard Winder, Head of Sustainability at Handelsbanken, as he discusses the role banks will play in retrofitting the UK’s diverse and aging housing stock with director of sustainability strategy consultancy RePattern, James Vaccaro, in our latest podcast episode.

Tune in for this week's episode in which James shares his insights on what mobility data is saying about how quickly we are getting back to our offices, the latest PMI data, UK credit numbers and what they mean, house prices, and, finally, the impact of globalisation on inflation. 

Join James this week as he discusses the latest market data. Focusing this week on, retail and air travel, UK employment figures, the Purchasing Managers Index, the big event of last week, the Jackson Hole Central Bankers Summit and finally, a quick update on our recent release of the Global Markets Forecast. 

In this week’s economic update James shares his insights on summer holiday data, asking - are people getting out and about, and are they shopping? We also take a look at inflation, debt markets and areas of concern, earnings and employment data and, finally, public sector borrowing.

Join us this week for a discussion on the effects of Coronavirus on the UK and the economy – asking, is it still a danger? We also take a look at GDP, Cap Gemini’s World Wealth Report, before finally turning to property and the ‘dash for space’.

This week we're back focusing on the UK economy. James shares his insights on how quickly we might reach 'normal', Handelsbanken's Global Market Forecast, UK PMIs, news from the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, online retail sales and lastly, house prices.