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><em>UK wage growth surged again in Nov-20 to comfortably exceed expectations, with a further rise in December likely to take the pace to its highest since 2008. Growth is broadly experienced, despite most industries laying off staff.</em></li>
<li><em>Lockdown in January has caused vacancies to be withdrawn again as demand for labour disappears. The rise in redundancies is also likely to temporarily reverse, though, amid the return of furlough, which should keep deferring the spike in unemployment.</em></li>
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UK wage growth surged again in Nov-20 to comfortably exceed expectations, with a further rise in December likely to take the pace to its highest since 2008. Growth is broadly experienced, despite most industries laying off staff.
Lockdown in January has caused vacancies to be withdrawn again as demand for labour disappears. The rise in redundancies is also likely to temporarily reverse, though, amid the return of furlough, which should keep deferring the spike in unemployment.


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