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

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<li>The ECB not only maintained its policy rates as expected but almost repeated its December announcement verbatim. It is not falling in line behind market pricing.</li>
<li>Discussion of rate cuts was considered premature. Low unemployment is recognised, as is the risk of excessive wage growth, so it needs to see more evidence before cutting.</li>
<li>A first cut in June is probably the ECB’s working assumption. However, some global economic resilience amid higher neutral rates still delays our forecast to Q3.</li>
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The ECB not only maintained its policy rates as expected but almost repeated its December announcement verbatim. It is not falling in line behind market pricing.
Discussion of rate cuts was considered premature. Low unemployment is recognised, as is the risk of excessive wage growth, so it needs to see more evidence before cutting.
A first cut in June is probably the ECB’s working assumption. However, some global economic resilience amid higher neutral rates still delays our forecast to Q3.


ECB Cuts Are Too Premature To Discuss