Haver Resources
May 30

Webinar: The Blame Game

Our latest research webinar, ‘The Blame Game’ is available for on-demand viewing.

Tune in with Haver Senior Economist, Andy Cates, as he assesses the criticisms that are being levelled at central bankers at present via a deep dive into inflation drivers, growth surprises, financial balances, and labour markets.

Here’s a snapshot into one of the key issues discussed in this webinar:

Commodity prices and Global Growth are now cooling

To get the full analysis, click to watch ‘The Blame Game’ webinar.


Agenda:

• Many central bankers have lately been criticized for being ‘asleep at the wheel’.

• But our analysis of inflation drivers, growth surprises, financial balances, private sector surveys and labour market data would suggest this criticism is unjustified.

• By raising the cost of borrowing, tighter monetary policy may well increase companies’ cost burdens, impede a supply-side investment drive and further derail private sector purchasing power.

Duration: 16 minutes

About The Author

Haver Analytics is pleased to bring Andrew Cates's commentaries on the state of the global economy to its clients.

Andy Cates has more than 25 years of experience forecasting the global economic outlook and in assessing the implications for policy settings and financial markets. He has held various senior positions in London in a number of Investment Banks including as Head of Developed Markets Economics at Nomura and as Chief Eurozone Economist at RBS. These followed a spell of 21 years as Senior International Economist at UBS, 5 of which were spent in Singapore. Prior to his time in financial services Andy was a UK economist at HM Treasury in London holding positions in the domestic forecasting and macroeconomic modelling units.

He has a BA in Economics from the University of York and an MSc in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Southampton.