Handelsbanken Insights Economic Update

We're discussing the latest inflation data which is due out this week, plus, we're expecting figures on the health of the labour market, what should we be looking for? And in Europe it’s a busy week for the European Central Bank as it tries to tackle multiple problems including the spreads between German and Italian bond yields. Get up to date on this week's key economic stories in under 15 minute...

On this week’s Economic Update. After the recent political upheaval, we dig into how candidates to succeed Boris Johnson plan to manage the economy. Plus: UK productivity figures came out last week, showing a mixed picture but with some positive news, we’ll find out what it is. And there was some interesting and timely research into the housing market, specifically holiday homes which we'll look i...

On this week’s Economic Update with James Sproule and Sonia Rothwell. There was a lot of data published last week so we’ll be talking about GDP figures, savings rates and insolvencies, and asking what they say about the health of the UK economy. Plus how is business investment looking as the economic picture sours. And we’ll take a look at data releases from across the UK housing market including...

On this week’s Economic Update with UK economist Daniel Mahoney and Sonia Rothwell. We’ll be discussing the reasons we’re expecting to see negative economic growth in Q2.  Plus we’ll also look at the context to the current wave of industrial action, And we'll find out what markets thought of the European Central Bank’s announcement of an exciting new tool - even if we don't yet know what it will l...

On this week’s Economic Update with James Sproule and UK economist Daniel Mahoney. As interest rates move up a notch for the fifth consecutive time, James and Daniel consider what the Bank of England might do next to tackle inflation.  Plus, the team discusses the latest UK data releases on economic growth and the labour market, and we end with a look into the dilemma facing the European Central B...

On this week's podcast. James gives his analysis of the latest worse than expected UK GDP figures and what they say about the future of the economy.  Plus, he shares a mixed picture about the speed of the return to the office around the UK.  And we take a health check on the state of the UK's housing market - all in under 15 minutes.

On this week's Economic Update with James Sproule and UK economist Daniel Mahoney.  James and Daniel take a look at what recent data from the Bank of England tells us about the UK’s housing market and trends in business and consumer savings. Plus, how are trends in migration and working patterns affecting the UK labour market? All in under 15 minutes.

On this week's Economic Update with James Sproule and Daniel Mahoney. James and Daniel look at the latest data releases on business confidence, how energy prices are leading to starkly different inflation rates for different income groups, and they look at UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak's recently-announced financial support package. All in under 15 minutes. Don't forget to subscribe and rate us wherev...

On this week's Handelsbanken Insights Economic Update. Following news that inflation has hit 9% we take a look at whether there are indications we are seeing the dreaded wage price spiral; plus are there any signs of optimism for the UK economy from the latest retail sales and consumer confidence data releases? Finally as government bond yields rise and investors demand higher returns on other ass...

On this week’s Economic Update: What does the news on retail sales in China mean for the global economy? Plus, we have a couple of UK data releases later in the week - inflation and consumer confidence - we’ll be looking at what we might expect from those. And how is the UK’s journey back to the office working out? We'll be looking at what Google mobility data says. All in under 15 minutes.

On this week’s Economic Update, James Sproule and Sonia Rothwell look at the seemingly unstoppable rise of house prices. Plus, following the Bank of England's rate rise last week, what did we learn about the prospects for the UK economy and how does consumer confidence feed into that outlook? Finally, James considers if there are any bright spots (at all) on the economic horizon - all in under 15...

On this week's podcast, UK economist Dan Mahoney chats to Sonia Rothwell about all of the top economics stories you need to know.  UK GDP figures show the economy grew more slowly than predicted – we’ll look at why that might be. There has been a lot of discussion about the inverted US Treasury yield curve - does that signal the US is heading for recession? Plus Dan and Sonia talk about the UK’s a...

On this week’s Handelsbanken Insights Economic Update podcast: Sonia Rothwell and UK economist Dan Mahoney take a deeper dive into what recent UK data says about inflation and the labour market. Plus, how are businesses responding to the current economic challenges, and Dan gives his opinion on what this means for the economy in the short to medium term. All in under 15 minutes. For regular news o...

James and Handelsbanken's UK economist Daniel Mahoney look into the prospects for wage growth amid challenging conditions in the UK economy, and the rather mixed picture for the country's housing market. Plus the team unpicks what the latest high frequency data says about how covid continues to affect the return to the office.  All you need to know in under 15 minutes.

James and UK economist Daniel Mahoney round up the fallout from the Chancellor's Spring Statement, plus, why do consumers and business owners disagree about what's in store for the economy? Find out in the latest Handelsbanken Insights podcast.

James and Daniel Mahoney from our UK economics team look at what could be in the Chancellor's Spring Statement; how the latest Bank of England rate rise could impact house prices; and James explains the different factors that are driving inflation in the UK and the US. All that, plus analysis of the latest Google and ONS data releases.

In another packed Economic Update, James and UK economics team colleague Daniel Mahoney unpick what the latest data releases mean for the UK economy. In this episode they look at the UK housing market, the impact of the Ukraine crisis on global commodity prices, and why it could be good news that growth in green jobs has been slow and steady.

James joins Daniel Mahoney from our UK economics team to discuss the start of quantitative tightening and what that means for the economy. Also, they look at how the conflict in Ukraine is affecting energy supply and costs, plus James' regular commentary on the last week's high-frequency data - all in under 15 minutes.

For our 50th episode join James and Daniel Mahoney from Handelsbanken's UK economics team as they discuss the economic fallout from the Ukraine crisis, how the UK hospitality sector is faring, and why James doesn't see "unsaving" happening at the moment.

Join James, and Daniel, our UK Economist, for this week's UK economic update. In this episode, James delves into High Frequency Data, Earnings and Employments, Inflation, Retail Sales, and Renewable Energy.

Join us to hear from Handelsbanken's UK Chief Economist, James Sproule, and UK Economist Daniel Mahoney, as they delve into this week's economic data. Discussing; the UK's high frequency data, GDP, business investment, drivers of US and UK inflation, housing and finally, retail. All, in just under 20 minutes.

Welcome to this week's Economic Update with UK Chief Economist James Sproule. In this episode, James and Daniel Mahoney from the Handelsbanken UK economics team discuss the Bank of England's interest rates decision, UK inflation, energy prices, and the property economics of "Pretty Cities".  Subscribe to the podcast via your usual platform. 

Welcome to this week’s economic update with Chief Economist of Handelsbanken in the UK, James Sproule. In this episode, Daniel Mahoney, our new Economist, chats through the latest data with James. Looking at; Europe’s post-Christmas return to normal after Omicron, UK PMI’s, the UK’s budget deficit, the potential increase in the cost of living, the European savings flow, ONS data, and finally, a br...

On this week’s episode James shares his insights on the latest Covid data, and how quickly we may go back to ‘normal’. James also shares the recent high frequency data, employment and earnings, inflation and finally, prime residential property.

Welcome to this week’s economic update. James gives a full view on the UK’s economy this week, sharing his insights on getting back to work, UK GDP, trade, unemployment, inflation, interest rates and finally, productivity and how this can effect economic growth.