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

Olympics/ Bonds/ US-China/ China-Stans/ Graft

Covid: Policy Optimising Risk over Returns

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>Covid infection numbers keep hitting new extremes, and yet the threat has moved on from the lockdowns of 2020-21. The omicron variant is mild.</li>
<li>Future mutations probably won’t harden the response again. Political pressures in the UK broke the reaction function, and it is unlikely to return. </li>
<li>Covid’s growth impact should now be through supply shortages, mostly related to the lost potential during past restrictions, but China’s zero covid policy poses a risk.</li>
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Covid infection numbers keep hitting new extremes, and yet the threat has moved on from the lockdowns of 2020-21. The omicron variant is mild.
Future mutations probably won’t harden the response again. Political pressures in the UK broke the reaction function, and it is unlikely to return. 
Covid’s growth impact should now be through supply shortages, mostly related to the lost potential during past restrictions, but China’s zero covid policy poses a risk.


Omicron Creates an Antifreeze Lake