#140 Any signs that housing starts have kick-started? 🏗
On Handelsbanken Insights Economic Update this week, James Sproule and Daniel Mahoney run through some of the external challenges facing the global economy. Plus, are the latest housebuilding starts a...
29 Apr 202413min
#139 Israel responds, markets don't
On this week's podcast, following further military action in the Middle East, Sonia Rothwell and Daniel Mahoney look at the impact on market activity. Plus, how will last week's earnings and inflation...
22 Apr 202410min
#138 The economic impact of Iran's attack on Israel
Our UK Chief Economist James Sproule joins Sonia Rothwell to talk about how yet another external geopolitical shock could influence the path of the global economy - are we in a "new normal"? Plus in a...
15 Apr 202410min
#137 *checks notes* Good economic news?
Daniel Mahoney joins Sonia Rothwell on this week's podcast, where he casts his eye over some positive recent economic news. Have house prices bottomed out? Are we out of recession? And has inflation b...
8 Apr 20249min
#136 Counting down to interest rate cuts ✂
Positive noises have been coming from the Bank of England lately in terms of when it will start to cut interest rates. James Sproule and Daniel Mahoney look at the bank's latest rates decision and at ...
25 Mar 202410min
#135 UK economy: "The lethargy continues"
With the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee meeting this week, James Sproule and Daniel Mahoney look at whether we can expect to see interest rates changing, and ask is that even the most inter...
18 Mar 202411min
#134 Why we should care about US employment
On this week's Economic Update podcast with James Sproule and Sonia Rothwell, we hear why the US labour market is a key indicator for where US interest rates will go next - and why that matters to us ...
11 Mar 202414min
#133 Please take your seats for Budget Week
The biggest economic story in town this week is what's expected to be the final UK Budget statement before the General Election. Sonia Rothwell and Daniel Mahoney talk about the Chancellor's options a...
4 Mar 202413min
