Meet Our New Society of Professional Economists Fellows!
We are delighted to announce the appointment of three distinguished new Fellows: Tera Allas –Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company and Honorary Professor at the Alliance...
Now is a perfect time to Join the SPE!
As we head into Autumn and back-to-school mode kicks in, its a great time to join the SPE as we have an action-packed schedule to enjoy between now and the end of the...
SPE Summer Drinks 2026 a huge sucess!
Thanks to all who attended the annual Summer Drinks party at Bush House and special thanks to Soumaya Keynes for entertaining us in both speech and song! This event is fast...
New SPE Book Reviews for your Summer Reading!
Take a look at the latest set of book reviews that have recently been posted on the website. Click here to take you our Book Review page where you can find an extensive list of...
Save the date! This year's Annual Conference will be held on 1 December
We are delighted to announce that this year's Annual Conference will be held on Tuesday 1 December. Generously hosted by Bloomberg, and held in their flagship London office, this...
Rybczynski Essay Competition 2026 is now closed for entries
Entries are now closed for the Rybczynski Prize Competition 2026, kindly sponsored by KPMG. Entries closed on 1 July 2026. Thank you to everyone who entered this year’s...
Booking now open for the 2026 Annual Dinner!
It's that time of year where we open the booking for this year's SPE Annual Dinner! It is being held on Tuesday 22 September at the Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall,...
New Year Membership Offer!
Join the Society of Professional Economists today and enjoy 18 months membership for the price of 12! As a member you’ll: • Stay at the forefront of economic...
Winner of the SPE Essay Competition Announced
Huge congratulations to Joel Suss and Chris Giles from the Financial Times, for winning this year’s Rybczynski prize, generously sponsored by KPMG. Competition was very stiff...
2025 Rybczynski Prize Shortlist Announced
The following entries, listed by author in alphabetical order, have been shortlisted for this year's Rybczynski Prize: Amina Abbas The financialisation of risk: When...
Call for Feedback
The Level 7 Senior Professional Economist apprenticeship standard has been revised – we’d now like your views and are actively seeking feedback from employers and...
Calling all economists! The SPE Essay Competition is open!
The Rybczynski Prize Essay Competition 2025 is officially OPEN . Prize: £5,000 (thanks to KPMG!) What we’re looking for: ✅ A high-quality, accessible piece on a...
Booking now open for the 2025 Annual Dinner!
We are thrilled to announce that booking for this year’s SPE Annual Dinner is open! Its being held on Monday 17 November at the Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall,...
Read the results of the "Ask the Members" Poll on Artificial Intelligence
In our new series of "Ask the Members" polls, we asked SPE members their views on Artificial Intelligence. Our questions asked about the effect of AI on the economy and on...
Spring Collection of Book Reviews now available
We have a bumper set of book reviews for you, ready for the Easter long weekend. Click here to read!
Hear our latest SPE podcasts
You can hear a range of interviews with leading economists on Apple or Spotify or visiting our podcast page. Recent interviews include Lyman Stone and Clara Piano discussing...
Join the SPE today and get 18 months membership for the price of 12!
January is an excellent time for new members to join as we have a special wrap around offer whereby anyone joining now does not need to renew again until end June 2026 (thus...
Booking now open for the 2024 Annual Dinner
SPE Annual Dinner 2024
Summer Drinks Reception a resounding success!
Thanks to all who attended the annual Summer Drinks party this week at Bush House. This event is fast becoming THE networking event for professional economists. A fabulous turn...
Rybcznski Prize Winners announced at the annual Summer Drinks
Huge congratulations to Shivani Taneja, University of Kent and Filip Mandys, University of Cambridge, for winning this year’s Rybczynski prize, generously sponsored by KPMG....
Rybczynski Prize Shortlist Announced
The following entries, listed by author in alphabetical order, have been shortlisted for this year's Rybczynski Prize: Oliver Harvey Three challenges to dollar...
Want to know how the SPE works with the economic statistics community?
The SPE plays a vital role in fostering dialogue and collaboration among economists working in different areas, including the economic statistics which are vital to our work. If...
2024 Essay Competition now open! Your chance to win £5,000
Entries are invited for this year’s Rybczynski economics essay competition - kindly sponsored by KPMG. This prestigious award is given to the best piece of writing on an...
Watch recordings from UK WEN Annual Networking Event - 7 February
On Wednesday 7 February, UK WEN held its annual networking event at the offices of Nomura. Society of Professional Economists were delighted to sponsor this event, not only...
Join today and get 18 months membership for the price of 12!
January is an excellent time for new members to join as we have a special wrap around offer whereby anyone joining now does not need to renew again until end June 2025 (thus...
SPE Office - Christmas 2023
The SPE office will be closed on Friday 22 December 2023, opening again on Tuesday 2 January 2024. Best wishes to all for the festive period.
Watch now! SPE conference Future-Proofing the World Economy
On Friday 17 November the SPE held its Annual Conference, generously hosted by Bloomberg LP in their flagship London office. The event was Chaired by Stephanie Flanders and...
SPE Annual Dinner 2023 - another resounding success!
On Monday 20 November, over 200 members and guests gathered for the Society's Annual Dinner in the Nash Room at the Institute of Directors. It was wonderful to see so many...
Rybcynski Prize winning essay revealed!
Congratulations to Muthomi Gichaara and Shahzad Gitay, for winning this year’s Rybczynski Prize. To read the winning entry, Dancing with the bear: The impact of sanctions on...
Shortlist for the 2023 Rybczynski Prize revealed
The following entries, listed by author in alphabetical order, have been shortlisted for this year's Rybczynski Prize: José Abad and Manuel Losa The economic case for the...
SPE Annual Conference 2023 - Save the Date!
This year's Annual Conference will be held on Friday 17 November 2023, 12.00pm-5.30pm. Kindly sponsored by Bloomberg, the event will be held in their flagship office at 3 Queen...
SPE Salary Survey
The SPE 2023 Salary Survey is now available to view. Click on link below to access one of the UK's leading surveys on economists' remuneration. .
Latest set of book reviews out in time for the summer holidays!
The latest collection of book reviews is now available to view. Titles include The Great Crashes: Lessons from Global Melthdowns and How to Prevent Them; Covid, Brexit and the...
Society of Professional Economists' Annual Dinner 2023
Save the date! This year’s Annual Dinner will be held on Monday 20 November, 6.30pm at the Institute of Directors, London SW1. We are honoured and delighted that this...
King's Birthday Honours List 2023
Huge congratulations to SPE members Diane Coyle and Kevin Daly for their recent honours. Diane Coyle, a world leading economist and author, has received the prestigious title...
2023 Essay Competition now open! Your chance to win £5,000!
Entries are invited for this year’s Rybczynski economics essay competition - kindly sponsored by KPMG. This prestigious award is given to the best piece of writing on an...
SPE Courses - 2023
Since January 2022 the Society of Professional Economists has been collaborating with Economicsense to deliver courses to professional economists – SPE Courses. Economists...
SPE Summer Drinks - 18 July
Following the success of last year's inaugural Society of Professional Economists Summer Drinks Reception, in partnership with King's College London, we are delighted that this...
In memory of Sir Alan Budd
Sir Alan Budd, distinguished economist and founding member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committtee, has died aged 85. Sir Alan was Vice President of the Society...
Join today and get up to 18 months membership for the price of 12!
January is an excellent time for new members to join as we have a special wrap around offer whereby anyone joining now does not need to renew again until end June 2024 (thus...
SPE Office - Christmas 2022
The SPE office will be closed on Friday 23 December to Monday 2 January inclusive; opening again Tuesday 3 January 2023. Wishing everyone Happy Holidays.
Meet out latest Fellow: Andy Ross
We are delighted to announce that Andy Ross is our latest Fellow. Fellowship is awarded to both pre-eminent economists and those who have played major roles supporting the...
New Council Member elected
We are delighted that Sarah Hewin, Head of Research, Europe and Americas at Standard Chartered Bank, has joined the SPE Council. Sarah leads research on Europe and the Americas...
Watch now! SPE Conference: Transitioning to a New Economic Model
On Friday 11 November the SPE held its Annual Conference in-person for the first time since Covid. Generously hosted by Bloomberg LP in their flagship London office, the event...
Rybczynski Prize winning essay revealed!
Congratulations to James Nixon and Felicity Hannon from Oxford Economics, for winning this year's Rybczynski Prize. To read the winning entry, Can the Clean Energy Transition...
2022 Rybczynski Prize shortlist announced!
The following entries, listed by author in alphabetical order, have been shortlisted for this year’s Rybczynski Prize: Maddalena Davoli A, B, or C? Question Format and the...
SPE Inaugural Summer Drinks!
Our inaugural Summer Drinks Reception for SPE members is being held in partnership with King’s College London, and will be held on Thursday 21 July 2022, 6.00-8.00pm, at Bush...
2022 Essay Competition now open! Your chance to win £5,000
Entries are invited for this year’s Rybczynski economics essay competition - kindly sponsored by KPMG. This prestigious award is given to the best piece of writing on an issue...
Booking is now open for the SPE Annual Dinner
Booking is now open for the SPE Annual Dinner which is being held on Monday 20 June, 6.30pm, at the Institute of Directors, Pall Mall. We are honoured and delighted that this...
Join the SPE today and get 6 months extra membership for free!
January is an excellent time for new members to join as we have a special wrap around offer whereby anyone joining now does not need to renew again until end June 2023 (thus...
Rybczynski Prize shortlisted contenders compilation video
The SPE are delighted to share a compilation of interviews with some of the shortlisted contenders of our annual essay competition, the Rybczynski Prize. These include winner,...
Booking now open for the SPE online conference 2022
On Wednesday 9 February 2022, the SPE will be hosting its annual conference online via live Zoom Webinar. Free to all members (pre-registration required), non-members are very...
HM Treasury Post-Budget Briefing
On Thursday 28 October, 11.30am, Clare Lombardelli, Chief Economic Advisor and Neil McMurdo, Deputy Director for Macroeconomic Policy will disscuss the key aspects of the...
Meet the SPE's new Chair
At the Annual Dinner on 27 September, Kevin Daly passed on the baton of chairing the Society to fellow Councillor, George Buckley. George joined the SPE Council in 2012 and has...
Shortlist for SPE Essay Competition revealed
The following entries, listed by author in alphabetical order, have been shortlisted for this year's Rybczynski Prize: Ian Bright The myth of the great German saver Henry Curr...
Booking now open for the SPE Annual Dinner
Booking is now open for the SPE Annual Dinner which is being held on Monday 27 September, 6.30pm, at the Institute of Directors, Pall Mall. We are honoured and delighted that...
Win £5,000! The annual essay competition is now open to entries
Entries are invited for this year's Rybczynski economics essay competition - kindly sponsored by KPMG. This prestigious award is given to the best piece of writing on an issue of...
Prof Carmen Reinart and Prof Paul Krugman address the SPE
On 10 March, Professor Carmen Reinhart, World Bank Group and Professor Paul Krguman, City University of New York, discussed how governments shoulddeal with the post-COVID debt...
Join in the Spring 2021 and gain free months membership!
Members joining in the Spring do not need to renew their membership until end June 2022 - thus gaining extra months membership for the price of 12. With more than 1,400 members,...
Use the lockdown for your CPD with SPE online courses.
Archive note: Registration links for these past courses are closed. View current SPE courses. SPE Courses are offering two low price online video courses that are yours to follow,...
Catch up on this year's virtual Annual Conference
Miss this year's event? Then watch a recording of the event which took place on Wednesday 21 October via live Webinar. Although we were sorry not to be able to hold the event in...
Watch the SPE special event celebrating 10 years of the OBR
To mark 10 years of the OBR, the SPE were honoured and delighted to host a special webinar on 24 September, featuring the outgoing Chair, Robert Chote and incoming Chair, Richard...
BoE deputy governor, Sir Dave Ramsden, opposes negative interest rates
In a recorded SPE interview with Andrew Milligan, SPE President Dave Ramssden said that although the central bank had negative rates in its toolbox, he did not think the policy...
Booking now open for the SPE online conference - 21 October, 1pm
Booking is now open for the SPE annual conference - which will be delivered online via Zoom. FREE to members - to discuss the policy challenges facing the UK and global economies...
Who finances the financiers?
Archive note: Registration for this past event is closed. View current SPE events. On Tuesday 8 September at 6pm, Mario Pisani (Deputy Director HM Treasury & Visiting...
SPE Salary Survey 2020
The SPE 2020 Salary Survey is now available to view. Click on link below to access one of the UK's leading surveys on economists' remuneration. .
Ed Balls talks to Kevin Daly
In the latest of our virtual interviews, Ed Balls talks with Kevin Daly about the COVID-19 crisis, the UK’s trade negotiations with the EU and US, the rise of...
Adam Posen talks to Andrew Milligan
In the latest of our virtual interviews, Andrew Milligan talks to Adam Posen, President of the well-known think tank, the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Click on...
Lord Gus O'Donnell talks to Andrew Milligan
In the latest in our series of video interviews, Andrew Milligan, senior adviser to the Society’s Council, interviews Gus O’Donnell, discussing how the current crisis compares...
Lord Alistair Darling talks to Kevin Daly
In the latest in our series of video interviews, Kevin Daly, Chairman of the SPE interviews Lord Alistair Darling, discussing the COVID crisis, the government’s response and the...
Martin Wolf talks to Sunil Krishnan
On Friday 8 May, Martin Wolf talked to the Society’s Sunil Krishnan about a range of issues related to the pandemic. They discussed the global economic outlook, the handling...
Visit our Podcast page for the latest in the series of interviews
Although we are not able to hold physical meetings during the lockdown period, we have responded to the change in circumstances by producing a series of podcasts with leading...
Professor Lord Mervyn King talks to Kevin Daly
Today, Kevin Daly interviewed Professor Lord Mervyn King. Lord King served as the Governor of the Bank of England from 2003 to 2013, succeeding Eddie George in that capacity, and...
Keep up to date with SPE podcasts
We hope that you are managing to cope as best as you can in these difficult times. Over the coming weeks the SPE will be offering a new series of podcasts for SPE members. The...
Winner of the 2019/20 Rybczynski Prize announced!
At last night's Annual dinner, the winner of the 2019/20 Rybczynski Prize essay competition was announced. The winning esay was 'How robots change the world: their impact on...
Society of Professional Economists joins the Academy of Social Sciences
Archive note: Registration links for these past courses are closed. View current SPE courses. We are pleased to announce that the Academy of Social Science www.acss.org.uk has...
2019 SPE Salary Survey released
The 2019 Salary Survey is now available for download. Click on link below to view.
2018-2019 Rybczynski Prize Winners Announced!
At last night’s Annual Dinner, the winner of the 2018/19 Rybczynski Prize was announced. This year the prize was awarded to two essays and our congratulations go to Jack Britton...
Miss the Brexit Countdown meeting? Catch up now with a recording of the event
On Wednesday 6 March, a group of influential economists, chaired by Newsnight's economic editor Ben Chu, discussed Brexit. To read a report, and watch a recording, visit the...
2019 Rybczynski Prize shortlist revealed
The following entries, listed by author in alphabetical order, have been shortlisted for this year's Rybczynski Prize: Tera Allas Delivering productivity and good jobs: why...
Level 7 (Masters) Economics Apprenticeship
Archive note: This consultation has closed. The original announcement is retained below for reference. In the November 2018 SPE newsletter we included a story on a new senior...
Positive feedback from last week's Cost Benefit Analysis course
Archive note: Registration links for these past courses are closed. View current SPE courses. The Overview of Cost Benefit Analysis course was very well-received with all...
Another successful SPE course!
Another successful SPE course was held yesterday, Tuesday 4 September, with another 100% feedback of “Would recommend to a friend”. Award wining tutor, Jon Guest, gave a...
Continuing Professional Development
Another well-received SPE CPD Course ‘Mapping the UK Macro-Economy’ delivered by Dr Geoff Tily. All participants reported they would recommend it to a friend. Click on link...
Winner of the 2017/18 Rybczynski Prize announced!
At last night's Annual Dinner, the winner of the 2017/8 Rybczynski Prize was announced and our congratulations go James Plunkett for winning the £3000 prize. The essay...
Rybczynski Prize Shortlist Announced!
The following entries, listed by author in alphabetical order, have been shortlisted for this year's Rybczynski Prize: Chris Giles The RPI won't RIP: the case for...
Data protection and privacy under GDPR
As many of you will already be aware, new legislation covering personal data protection – General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – will come into effect on 25th May 2018....
ONS Economic Statistics and Analysis Strategy 2018 consultation
Archive note: This consultation has closed. The original announcement is retained below for reference. This is the ONS's third annual ONS Economic Statistics and Analysis Strategy...
Forthcoming ONS events
ONS Trade Event, 16 April 2018, Crown Plaza, London This UK Trade Statistics Event is covering a range of developments, analysis and use of Trade statistics, particularly...
Inaugural SPE Pub Evening a great success!
On Wednesday 7 February we held the first of our SPE pub evenings at one of London's finest cocktail bars, The Otherist. The evening was a great opportunity for new and...
Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, will be guest speaker
We are honoured that this year's guest speaker will be Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England and Chair of the Monetary Policy Committee, Financial Policy Committee and the...
Welcome to the Society of Professional Economists!
At the Society’s AGM on December 4th, it was agreed that we will change our name from the Society of Business Economists to the Society of Professional Economists. The...
Winners of the 2017 Rybczynski Prize announced!
At last night's Annual Dinner, the winner of the 2017 Rybczynski Prize was announced and our congratulations go to co-authors Mirko Licchetta and Michal Stelmach from the Office...
SBE launches Continuous Professional Development programme - January 2018
SBE Council is delighted to announce that it will shortly launch a Continuous Professional Development Programme. The programme will commence in early 2018 and will be formally...
2017 Rybczynski Prize shortlist announced
The following entries, listed by author in alphabetical order, have been shortlisted for this year's Rybczynski Prize. Sam Hill UK: Putting the 'H' in CPIH. What would a new...
The Government names SBE President, Sir Dave Ramsden, as new Deputy Governor
The Chancellor has apointed Sir Dave Ramsden, to serve as the Bank of England's deputy governor for markets and banking. Sir Dave will be a member of the Monetary Policy...
How should competition authorities and regulators facilitate innovation?
The latest SBE evening meeting brought together two of the UK’s leading regulators to discuss how incentives to innovate shape competition and regulation policy. For a full...
Brexit following Article 50
Last night, Prof Jagji Chadha, NIESR, Dr Rebecca Harding, Equant Analytics and Jacqueline Minor, retiring Head of Representation for the European Commission in the UK addressed a...
Secular stagnation and low interest rates
On March 27th, Andrew Milligan OBE, Standard Life Investments and Dr Jari Stehn, Goldman Sachs, debated whether low interest rates were here to stay or finally on the point of...
SBE Social Media Survey - Twitter and LinkedIn edge ahead
The Society of Business Economists is constantly looking at fresh ways to engage with its membership and to find out more about its members. To that end, the SBE conducted its...
Ulric Spencer 1930-2016
We are very sad to announce the loss of Ulric Spencer after a short illness on November 4th. He was a longstanding member from 1958 to the present time and became one of the...
Chairman's Report 2015-16
I am pleased to report that 2015-16 has been a year of significant progress for the Society of Business Economists. The Society’s membership has recovered to levels last seen...
Business opportunity for UK companies in the financial/economic sector
The Department for International Trade’s office in Norway has come across one opportunity that might be of interest to British companies operating in the financial/economic...
SBE response to the ONS consultation
To read a copy of the SBE's response to the ONS consultation on Economic Statistics and Analysis Strategy, please click on the PDF download to your right. This response has been...
Kevin Daly takes over as Chairman of SBE
Kevin Daly, an economist at Goldman Sachs and previously Vice Chairman of the Society took over as Chairman at the SBE's Annual Dinner. The outgoing Chairman, Dame Kate Barker...
Congratulations to Toby Nangle, winner of the 2016 Rybczynski Prize!
At last night's Annual Dinner, the winner of the 2016 Rybczynski Prize was announced and our congratulations go to Toby Nangle, Global Co-Head of Asset Allocation at Columbia...
Shortlist for 2016 Rybczynski Prize Announced
The following entries, listed by author in alphabetical order, have been shortlisted for this year's Rybczynski Prize. Michael Howell - Is the Euro System Inflationary,...
Improving the UK's Economic Statistics
In the wake of Sir Charles Bean’s “Independent Review of UK Economic Statistics”, published in March, the Office for National Statistics has recently launched a fresh and...
Economics Curriculum Reform in British Universities
Ever since the world was engulfed by the most severe financial and economic crisis since the Great Depression of the early 1930s interest in Economics has soared. People have been...
Sir Dave Ramsden announces the winner of the 2014-15 Rybczynski Prize
Sir Dave Ramsden CBE, Director General and Chief Economic Advisor at HM Treasury, and President of the Society of Business Economists, has announced the winner of this year’s...
Claudio Borio and Spencer Dale to join this year's conference line up!
This year's speaker line up will include Claudio Borio, Head of the Monetary and Economic Department at the Bank of International Settlements; Spencer Dale, BP’s Group Chief...
Rybczynski Prize Shortlist Announced!
The following entries, listed by author in alphabetical order, have been shortlisted for this year’s Rybczynski Prize: Rebecca Driver: Five facts about how economies work and...
Spencer Dale, BP's Group Chief Economist
Chaired by BBC's Evan Davis, this event is one of the key highlights in the SBE calendar. This year's conference will be held on Tuesday 13 October 2015 at One Great George...
New Year Honours List 2015
Congratulations to our President, Dave Ramsden, who has been knighted in the New Year Honours List, and to Council members Alison Cottrell, who has beeen awarded the CB and Andrew...
SBE Affiliate Status
The SBE has created a new Affiliate Status for those individuals who have an interest in business economics but do not meet the Society's membership requirements.
Queen's Birthday Honours List
Congratulations to our Chairman, Kate Barker, who has been made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. She is one of the UK's most eminent economists and it is wonderful to see it being recognised in this way.
2013 Rybczynski Prize
SBE President, Dave Ramsden, presented this year's Rybczynski Prize to Ian Mulheirn from Oxford Economics.
Consultation on reductions in ONS statistical outputs
Archive note: This consultation has closed. The original announcement is retained below for reference. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is seeking the views of members of...
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