Our economists discuss the key themes emerging for the year ahead and their impact on the global economy - including a slowdown in global economic growth, workers and wages, and trade conflicts.

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Episode 12 - The global economy: predictions for 2019

What's ahead for the future of the UK economy? Looking in particular at GDP and debt, we consider historical and current trends to take a long-term view on the outlook for the UK economy.

Episode 11 - The UK economy - the long-term view

After the financial crisis, banks were subjected to a global overhaul of the entire regulatory system. 10 years down the line, Nick Forrest, head of our Financial Economics team explains how this has actually affected banks, and the banking sector as a whole. Read more in our report with AFME.

Episode 10 - How have banks responded to post-crisis regulation?

Labour markets in most advanced economies have (almost) never been better - but wages haven't really picked up. Our Senior Economist, Barret Kupelian, explains what's driving this disparity and what it could mean for businesses.

Episode 9 - Why is wage growth sluggish?

Organisations are increasingly using Behavioural Economics (BE) to improve the way they interact with customers by better understanding their behaviour. Suresh Natarajan, who leads our BE practice joins Laura to share his experiences of using BE to help clients, and his views on where the field may be headed.

Episode 8 - How can companies benefit from Behavioural Economics?

In an era of geopolitical transformation, what do financial markets tell us about country risk premia? The answer may surprise you. Economist Rob Vaughan shares the latest trends from PwC's country risk premium model, and how this insight can help companies manage country risk.

Episode 7 - Helping companies conquer country risk

Economist James Loughridge joins our host Laura Gatz to explain what our latest research can tell us about what's happening to the frequency and cost of natural disasters, and how this impacts an economy

Episode 6 - What's the economic cost of natural disasters?

Nick Forrest, our Head of Financial Services in Economic Consulting, discusses with new host Laura Gatz-Schulz how he and his team used economic principles and methods to help The CityUK develop a strategy for the Financial Services Sector.

Episode 5 - A vision for 2025 - using Economics to devise a Financial Services Strategy for the UK

John Hawksworth, Chief Economist at PwC UK, talks about our recent research analysing the impact of automation on jobs in the UK and other OECD countries. We explore which industries and types of workers are likely to be most affected, but also consider the potential job and productivity gains from technological progress.

Episode 4 - How will automation impact jobs?

With inflation rapidly on the rise and the US Federal Reserve continuing to raise rates, could we see an increase in UK interest rates this year? We put this question to Andrew Sentance, Senior Economic Adviser at PwC, and discuss the wider outlook for monetary policy in the UK in this economics podcast.

Episode 3 - What's next for UK interest rates?

We're joined by economists Jing Teow and Shivangi Jain to explore which OECD countries have made the greatest progress in closing their gender pay gaps and discuss what governments and businesses can do to speed up this progress.

Episode 2 - Closing the gender pay gap: the potential $2 trillion prize

Welcome to the first in our series of Economics in business podcasts. Barret Kupelian, senior economist, shares his views on which mid-sized economies businesses should be looking at to expand their international footprint

Episode 1 - Beyond the BRICs: Where do the pockets of opportunity lie?

A PwC podcast series in which our economics experts discuss the UK and global macroeconomic outlook and what this means for businesses.

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