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".

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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.

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Macroeconomics

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<li>The ONS’s first estimate of Q1 GDP growth revealed a surprisingly large slowdown to 0.3% q-o-q. That’s 0.1pp below the consensus expectation (and mine).</li>
<li>Downside news was fairly broad based, with services growth not showing any positive payback in February and IP implied to have fallen again in March.</li>
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With growth at half the pace that the BoE had pencilled in at its last meeting (i.e. 0.6%, up from 0.5% in the February Inflation Report), the hawkish pressures are dissipating. The May IR looks…</li>
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The ONS’s first estimate of Q1 GDP growth revealed a surprisingly large slowdown to 0.3% q-o-q. That’s 0.1pp below the consensus expectation (and mine).
Downside news was fairly broad based, with services growth not showing any positive payback in February and IP implied to have fallen again in March.

With growth at half the pace that the BoE had pencilled in at its last meeting (i.e. 0.6%, up from 0.5% in the February Inflation Report), the hawkish pressures are dissipating. The May IR looks…


UK Growth Slows to Half the BoE Forecast