Macro Trends

aje on July 5, 2024

Macroeconomics can be a daunting subject matter but it is too important to be left to specialists. All senior managers need to be able to understand and interpret the macroeconomy, and reflect on the factors that cause it to change. This page gathers material that equips participants with a foundation in the models and frameworks needed to make sense of our context and policy responses, and develop an awareness of several key risks. They will help you to become familiar with with global growth forecasts and identify the key challenges facing policymakers.

And the best part is that the lecture is live!

Lecture handout: Macro Trends. Here is the quiz.

You can find the latest global growth forecasts from the institutions mentioned in the lecture here:

What you should be reading

Newspapers: The Economist • Financial Times

Business press: Harvard Business Review • McKinsey Quarterly • Knowledge@Wharton 

Suggested podcasts

Where to look for good charts

What I’ve been reading

What I’ve been listening to

  • Martin Wolf talks to Mervyn King: Why central banks got inflation wrong, The Economics Show, Financial Times, April 14th 2025 – the former governor of the Bank of England talks about the culpability of central banks for the post-covid inflation and continued relevance of monetarism. They also discuss the unsustainable UK fiscal position, and problems with a tendency for the Chancellor to impose binding rules and then adjust spending to changes in highly volatile OBR projections.

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