Chief Economist, Heteronomics

Phil Rush

Philip Rush is the Founder and Chief Economist of Heteronomics. Until launching in November 2016, he was Nomura's Senior European Economist and was the Chief UK Economist there since 2010. Before that, he was UK Economist at Barclays Wealth, where he also developed strategic asset allocation models for their market return portfolios. Philip started his career at Lehman Brothers covering the UK, Scandinavian and Swiss economies. A book on his fundamental framework was published in January 2018 as "Real Market Economics".

Chief Economist

Heteronomics

Heteronomics represents a different kind of economics. We believe analysis should delve into the details of what is really going on, rather than using overly simplistic assumptions to quick-sell stories. Independence from myopic institutional pressures allows us to focus on the realities underlying your asset allocation decisions, without the conflicts of the old market structures. Heteronomics targets the themes driving UK asset prices, offering the benefits of depth, independence and ultimately price.

UK-centric macro research

Macroeconomics

<ul><li>Despite no policy decisions this week, hawkish moves continued as UK price and wage inflation exceeded expectations and FOMC comments suggested another rate hike. The belief remains that the BoE should cut later than the Fed.</li><li>The upcoming week is expected to be quiet for monetary policy announcements, with the BOJ and Bank Indonesia being the main ones.</li><li>The flash PMIs are the data highlight of the week, along with the Q1 GDP, March PCE and durable goods data from the US.</li></ul>

Despite no policy decisions this week, hawkish moves continued as UK price and wage inflation exceeded expectations and FOMC comments suggested another rate hike. The belief remains that the BoE should cut later than the Fed.The upcoming week is expected to be quiet for monetary policy announcements, with the BOJ and Bank Indonesia being the main ones.The flash PMIs are the data highlight of the week, along with the Q1 GDP, March PCE and durable goods data from the US.

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