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EPISODE · Oct 2, 2022 · 22 MIN

What have we learned from Kwasi Kwarteng's budget blunder?

from The Weekly Briefing from Capital Economics · host Capital Economics

Group Chief Economist Neil Shearing flew from London to Singapore intending to talk global macro with clients there. Instead, his discussions were dominated by the chaos of the UK's political economy. He calls in (on an occasionally spotty line) from Changi Airport to explain the teachings that an extraordinary week for the UK have for other governments and central banks as interest rates move up from historic lows. Also this episode, Jennifer McKeown, who heads our Global Economics service, discusses our new global forecasts and we have an exclusive extract of our Markets team briefing clients on FX intervention in Asia.   

After the Bank of England steps in to calm UK financial markets in the wake of the "mini-Budget", we discuss lessons for other governments in a tricky new environment. Plus, Jennifer McKeown on the global recession and our Markets team on FX intervention.

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