LONDON – It has been almost nine years since the UK Review on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), which I chaired, published its final recommendations.

LONDON – It has been almost nine years since the UK Review on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), which I chaired, published its final recommendations.

LONDON — It is still early days in the second Trump administration, but one must already ask what it means to “Make America Great Again.” After all, the country is already great, judging by all the most basic economic metrics.

LONDON – Given Donald Trump’s nominees for key cabinet positions so far, it appears that the US president-elect is determined at least to try to deliver on many of his campaign promises.

LONDON — Last month, I wrote about the central role of inflation trends in the outlook for the world economy in 2024 and beyond.

LONDON — As 2023 drew to a close, there are many known unknowns, especially on the geopolitical front, and presumably as many unknown unknowns lurking on the horizon. Producing any forecast for the global economy is thus more difficult than usual.

LONDON — There has been much talk lately of a return to 1970s economic conditions. Here in the United Kingdom, year-on-year inflation reached 9.1 per cent in May, and disruptive labour strikes are dominating the headlines.But is a 1970s-style economy really in the offing?

LONDON  —  At the start of the year, I expressed concerns about the outlook for financial markets, owing to all the considerable uncertainties that I could identify, and to the many other potential risks that were not yet clear.

LONDON — Earlier this month, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave a speech in Coventry about what seems to have become his signature policy initiative: “Levelling up” the local and regional economies that have increasingly fallen behind that of London and the United Kingdom’