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

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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

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<li>EA HICP inflation for Oct-21 was confirmed at a low 4.1% y-o-y, despite some national downwards revisions, while the ex-tobacco index printed within 1bps of our forecast at 108.99.</li>
<li>We still see the EA HICP inflation peak at 4.4% for Nov-21, 0.1pp above the current consensus.</li>
<li>Most underlying inflation measures increased in line with our forecast. Most are likely to move further above target-consistent levels briefly, but with less persistence and excess than in the UK.</li>
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EA HICP inflation for Oct-21 was confirmed at a low 4.1% y-o-y, despite some national downwards revisions, while the ex-tobacco index printed within 1bps of our forecast at 108.99.
We still see the EA HICP inflation peak at 4.4% for Nov-21, 0.1pp above the current consensus.
Most underlying inflation measures increased in line with our forecast. Most are likely to move further above target-consistent levels briefly, but with less persistence and excess than in the UK.


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