On Wednesday 9 February 2022, the SPE’s annual conference was delivered online to disucss how economies will recover from the pandemic and what new challenges we will face in the post-COVID world. Chaired by Stephanie Flanders, Head of Bloomberg Economics, the stellar speaker line-up included:
- Huw Pill, Chief Economist and Executive Director for Monetary Analysis, Bank of England, will discuss the outlook for UK monetary policy.
- George Magnus, Economist and author, formerly Chief Economist of UBS, will discuss the outlook for China during what is shaping up to be a challenging time for its economy
- Panel discussion on just how persistent global inflation might prove to be with Janet Henry, Global Chief Economist at HSBC; Roger Bootle, Chairman of Capital Economics and Tim Congdon, Institute of International Monetary Research
- Paul Johnson, Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, will address how the public finances can be one again put on an even keel following the damage wrought by the pandemic.
- Panel discussion on what has become the most defining issue of our time – climate change and sustainability. To discuss this mighty topic we have Michele Della Vigna from Goldman Sachs’ Carbonomics research programme, Mallika Ishwaran, Shell’s Chief Economist, Bridget Rosewell of the National Infrastructure Commission and Dimitri Zenghelis from the London School of Economics.
You can catch up with the recording by clicking on the two sessions below.
Session 1 - including presentations from Huw Pill and George Magnus, and the panel on global inflation.
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Session 2 - including presentation from Paul Johnson and the panel on climate change.
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