Insights
Can Joe Biden make America great again?
Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th US president today. He will take the reins of a seemingly polarised country, with many Americans holding opposing views on a wide range of questions, including the integrity of their election system. These apparent divisions did not appear overnight. Culture and identity may be important factors, but they will not be the focus of this note. Instead, we will outline some broad economic trends over recent decades, such as increased income and...
November’s lockdown led to a 2.6% fall in UK GDP
13 January 2021
Vaccine rollout: how long will it take to protect the most vulnerable?
6 January 2021
China’s corporate bond defaults: are they here to stay?
GEMO 2021 Q1: Hope at last
Chancellor announces highest public investment since the GFC
Divided US government means less fiscal support
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US Election: Biden the base case, but Trump can’t be ruled out
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Sino-US tensions in a post-COVID world
GEMO 2020 Q4: On the up
What next for the labour market?
A little less conversation, a little more action, please
Beyond COVID-19
Can Trump delay the election?
Spread of COVID-19 is slowing for reasons other than lockdown
China’s juggling act between hot property and a cold economy
How do we get from V to L?
GEMO 2020 Q2: Climbing out the other side
What is monetary financing, are we doing it, and if so does it matter?
China’s labour market statistics fail the sniff test, but are not alone
Potential short- and long-run economic consequences of COVID-19
A chance for China to tell it how it is
2020 Q1: biggest global recession since the 1930s
Assessing the ECB’s monetary toolkit
Why have the aftermaths of recent banking crises been so painful?
Introducing Fathom’s Centrality Tracker: a measure of global linkages
2020 vision: turning hindsight into insights
Netflix and chill: economists find new meaning
FROG: the asset allocation prince
UK electoral arithmetic: testing the loyalty of conflicted voters
Introducing Fathom’s 2019 Q4 forecast: through the looking glass and back to reality
