Simon ward
23 August 2011
Henderson chief economist Simon Ward has said the sharp fall in gilt yields does not indicate the UK is headed for a Japan-style deflationary environment.
26 October 2010
Henderson chief economist Simon Ward discusses today’s “encouraging” growth figures and explains why the UK does not need any more QE.
03 August 2010
Henderson chief economist Simon Ward questions whether monetary tightening and fiscal cutbacks could send the global economy into a ‘double dip’ recession.
15 July 2010
Henderson chief economist Simon Ward believes the Bank of England must stop ignoring strong UK inflation and raise interest rates.
25 May 2010
Henderson chief economist Simon Ward believes the yen, rather than the US dollar, could be the big winner from a loss of confidence in the euro.
19 May 2010
Bank of England governor Mervyn King yesterday set out his reasons for the overshoot of CPI inflation last month in a letter to new Chancellor George Osborne. They were all dubious, says Henderson chief economist Simon Ward.
14 August 2009
Profitability at the UK’s major banks over the next three years may be sufficient to cover impairment charges and even allow for some addition to capital, effectively ruling out any future need for Government bail-outs, Henderson’s Simon Ward says.
06 August 2009
Henderson New Star chief economist Simon Ward says patterns in previous recessions suggest the depth of the current downturn may have been overstated.
09 July 2009
Strengthening global money supply and increasing activity are positive signs but real economic risks persist warns Henderson’s Simon Ward.
23 October 2008
New Star's Simon Ward has forecast a three-quarter-point rate cut at the next MPC meeting in early No...
10 July 2008
New Star’s Simon Ward has put the blame for ballooning oil prices at the door of the Fed rather than ...
04 July 2008
Several high-profile economists have rounded on Bank of England governor Mervyn King for ignoring dat...
11 April 2008
New Star economist Simon Ward is advocating joint action between the Bank of England and the Debt Man...
14 November 2007
New Star economist Simon Ward expects the MPC to cut interest rates by 50 bp by the third quarter of ...
09 May 2007
With interest rates expected to hit 5.5% tomorrow, Simon Ward, chief economist at New Star, is warni...
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