The Levelling Up White Paper contains nothing to cause us to revise our forecasts for the UK’s various nations and regions, let alone the UK as a...
UK | Why the pandemic scars won’t run so deep
Posted by Andrew Goodwin on Jun 14, 2021
We now expect the scarring effect from the pandemic on the supply-side of the UK’s economy to be much more limited – a 1% permanent cut to GDP...
United Kingdom | Vaccine raises growth hopes, but industrial activity to be buffeted by Brexit
Posted by Jeremy Leonard on Mar 30, 2021
Our latest UK sector forecasts show that we expect services will outpace industrial production this year, in contrast to the sector dynamics other...
UK | Covid plus Brexit put the brakes on long-term growth
Posted by Andrew Goodwin on Feb 26, 2021
The combined impact of Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic means we now expect UK growth to average just 1.2% a year in the 2020s. The damage from...
UK | London as a financial centre, post Brexit. Squeezed, not crushed
Posted by Richard Holt on Jan 22, 2021
Our central view is that London’s dominance of Europe’s financial services sector is not hugely threatened by the failure to include the sector in...
Impact of a no-trade-deal Brexit will be limited
Posted by Daniela Ordonez on Nov 25, 2020
Our baseline forecast assumes that the UK and the EU will strike a limited free-trade agreement that will keep bilateral trade tariff- and...
Global | Brexit deal still possible, despite rhetoric
Posted by Andrew Goodwin on Oct 16, 2020
Negotiations on a UK-EU free-trade agreement have continued to make frustratingly slow progress and this week has seen both sides ratchet up the...
UK | Brexit - five weeks left to strike a deal
Posted by Andrew Goodwin on Oct 1, 2020
The next five weeks will be crucial in determining whether the UK and EU can achieve a free-trade agreement. We still estimate the chance of a deal...