Cebr analysis in the news:

 

Cebr’s forecast for average UK property prices which estimated that house prices would increase by 4.7% over 2015, to reach £261,000, was covered by the Daily Telegraph.

 

Vicky Pryce, Cebr’s Chief Economic Adviser, argued that economic growth is not the answer to the UK housing crisis, in the Guardian.

 

Discussing the drop in the rate of France’s industrial production, Vicky was interviewed by Reuters. Reuters also interviewed Vicky about Standard & Poor’s recent downgrading of Brazil’s credit rating and the impact of austerity on consumer spending in Europe. Vicky’s economic commentary this month was covered by the Huffington Post in Greece and Germany.

 

The Independent and Huffington Post quoted Cebr’s £10m per day estimate of the cost of  industrial action by transport workers in London to the UK economy.

 

Commenting on when interest rates should rise, Vicky Pryce was quoted cautioning against an increase in rates in City AM.

 

Scott Corfe, Cebr’s Associate Director was quoted in The Times, the Guardian, City AM, the Independent, Public Finance, the Scotsman, the Daily Telegraph, Bloomberg and the Daily Mail forecasting a UK interest rate rise as late as the middle of 2016. Scott was also interviewed by BBC News and Share Radio.

 

 

Commenting on the boost to discretionary spending power in the UK as a result of low inflation coupled with rapid acceleration of wage growth, Scott was quoted by the Guardian, Daily Mail and the Scotsman.

 

Alasdair Cavalla, a Cebr economist wrote an article for Euro Insight discussing the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee’s decision to to leave interest rates unchanged.

 

Economist Sam Alderson’s comments cautioning the Chancellor against further spending cuts in light of the recent unexpected widening of the UK budget deficit, were covered by Reuters.

 

Regular research in the news:

ICAEW’s latest Economic Insight: South East Asia Q3 2015 report was covered by the Straits Times and The Business Times.