John Ashcroft presented an economic forecast for the UK and North West at a pro.manchester event in January 2011. Some key points from his presentation include:
- GDP growth in the UK will be stronger than expected in 2011, led by manufacturing and investment. Exports will also see strong growth.
- Inflation will remain above the Bank of England's target. Input prices are rising significantly.
- The manufacturing sector is leading the economic recovery, though output is still well below pre-recession levels.
- Public sector job cuts as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review will be offset by private sector job growth.
- Interest rates are expected to start rising in 2011 as inflation remains persistent
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World recovery implications for UK and North West
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World recovery
Implications for the
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John Ashcroft is Chief Executive of pro.manchester is the
pro.manchester, a director of Marketing members organisation,
Manchester and a visiting professor at MMU representing the financial and
Business School specialising in Macro professional services
Economics and Corporate Strategy. organisation in Greater
Manchester.
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Economics Presentation
January 2011
Soros, The outstanding feature of my predictionsis that
I keep on expecting developments that do not materialise.
World recovery
Implications for the
UK and North West
John Ashcroft is Chief Executive of pro.manchester is the
pro.manchester, a director of Marketing members organisation,
Manchester and a visiting professor at MMU representing the financial and
Business School specialising in Macro professional services
Economics and Corporate Strategy. organisation in Greater
Manchester.
Educated at the London School of Economics jka online
and London Business School with a PhD in
CEO Econ
macro economics from MMU.
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3. why manufacturing is leading the recovery.
why export growth is so strong.
why inflation is so persistent.
how the Bank of England model has lost the thread
why growth will be higher than expected in 2011
how fast and how soon will interest rates rise
Trouble with the TROGS
Why the structural deficit is much smaller than realised
Data Sources
World Data : NIESR, IMF, OECD
World Trade Data : Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
UK Data : OBR, NIESR, Deloitte, PWC, UK treasury
Greater Manchester : Greater Manchester Forecasting Model, ABI, et al
4. Summary Points
GDP growth will be stronger than expected
Inflation will remain above target
Manufacturing and investment will lead expansion
Exports will enjoy strong growth ………..
but the trade deficit will continue to expand
Private sector job growth will offset CSR cuts
Government borrowing will fall faster than forecast
Interest Rates rates set to rise
JKA January 2011
5. Challenges
Oil price
Commodities - especially metals and rare earth metals
Challenge to the west - fiscal and external imbalance
Differentiation between “The West” The BRICs, PIIGs
The MESKITs
Currency Tensions Dollar, Euro, Renminbi
China - Second largest economy with per capita potential
Renminbi - US Dollar $2.85 trillion reserves Parallels with Bank of France and Sterling (30’s)
JKA January 2011
6. UK Main Forecasts - JKA
But the UK will enjoy above trend growth JKA January 2011
7. UK GDP Data and Forecast
NIESR preliminary estimate 2.7%
ONS preliminary estimate 2.2% adjusted for weather shock
ONS preliminary estimate 1.7%
expect better growth in Q4 and above trend growth in 2011
8. UK GDP Data and Forecast
NIESR preliminary estimate 2.7%
ONS preliminary estimate 2.2% adjusted for weather shock
ONS preliminary estimate 1.7%
Sectors hit by seasonal adjustments
9. UK Consensus Forecasts 2011
OBR 1.8% OBR 3.0%
OBR £149 bn OBR 4.0%
HM treasury Forecasts for the UK Economy January 2011
10. Trouble with the TROGs
The Bank of England inflation
model is still heavily reliant on a
belief in the output gap to bring
inflation under control……..
and Bank of England Gapology is a “gonner” January 2011
JKA
11. Employment will recover ...
Trend rate 0.9%, disrupted by recession
240,000 jobs pa
as the claimant count demonstrates
but levels are stabilising
Growth will absorb any public sector loss JKA January 2011
12. PSNBR
Borrowing to be brought under control the cyclical swing may be much bigger
ratios brought under control JKA January 2011
13. Trouble with Inflation
RPI’s above target
CPI 3.7%
Output prices 4.2%
RPI 4.8%
RPIX 4.7% Input prices 12.5%
Input prices lhs : Output prices rhs
Service sector inflation averages 3.6% and earnings will recover in 2011
and that’s almost half of the index
Latest December 3.9%
Services
Goods
Still above target with the VAT rise to come JKA January 2011
14. Trouble with Inflation
RPI’s above target
CPI 3.7%
Output prices 4.2%
RPI 4.8%
RPIX 4.7% Input prices 12.5%
Input prices lhs : Output prices rhs
Service sector inflation averages 3.6% and earnings will recover in 2011
and that’s almost half of the index
Latest December 3.9%
Services
Goods
Still above target with the VAT rise to come JKA January 2011
15. Trouble with Inflation
RPI’s above target
CPI 3.7%
Output prices 4.2%
RPI 4.8%
RPIX 4.7% Input prices 12.5%
22nd January 2011
Input prices lhs : Output prices rhs
Service sector inflation averages 3.6% and earnings will recover in 2011
and that’s almost half of the index
Latest December 3.9%
Services
Goods
Still above target with the VAT rise to come JKA January 2011
18. Consumers losing faith
You’ve
never had it
so bad
Each
unhappy
economy is
unhappy in it’s
own way
Ever wondered why? JKA January 2011
19. Trade in Goods
Exports are growing but so are imports
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Devaluation is not the answer as the deficit grows..
JKA January 2011
20. Retail Sales - December
Volumes including fuel in line with 2009 excluding fuel are up by 1%
We have been slimming
Food is down by 3.4% over the year.
Let them eat flake (snow flakes presumably) JKA January 2011
21. House Market
House prices are easing back …..
and reverting to long term trends but earnings ratios are still extended
The house market is inert JKA January 2011
22. House Market
House prices are easing back …..
and activity is off the screen
and reverting to long term trends but earnings ratios are still extended
It will take another five years to recover JKA January 2011
23. Interest Rates remain on hold
LIBOR spreads have stablised
Gilt yields are set to rise the inflation premium is 3%
and real yields are too low.
Base Rates will have to rise in 2011 JKA January 2011
24. Bloomberg Yield Curves
UK long term yields are at 4.5% JKA January 2011
26. Manufacturing - a recovery of sorts
Strong recovery…...
Average rate 0.7%
but still a long way off the top
Strong recoveries are not unusual…. rate 0.7%
Trend
but the trend rate is dominant
Like falling off a cliff and waking from a coma JKA January 2011
28. World Trade Data
World trade the indicator of growth …..
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Data : CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
provides the real key to UK export growth JKA January 2011
29. Oil Price …...
2005 $51.8
2006 $63.4
2007 $70.5
2008 $95.7
2009 $61.8
2010 $80.0
2011 $88.0
2012 $90.0
2013 $92.0
2014 $95.3
2015 $99.9
The oil price is heading in one direction JKA January 2011
30. World Raw Material Prices
World Raw Material Prices Excluding Energy
Data : CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
…. as are raw material prices JKA January 2011
31. World Raw Material Prices
Commodity Metals Price Index
especially commodity metals JKA January 2011
32. World Raw Material Prices
Copper Aluminium Iron Ore Lead Nickel Tin
Uranium Zinc Cotton Rubber Sugar
especially commodity metals JKA January 2011
41. Business Insolvencies by sector
Business Insolvencies - England and Wales by Sector 2010
sector trends will dominate despite CSR JKA January 2011
42. Personal Insolvencies
Personal Insolvencies
Total
Insolvencies Bankruptcy Orders
Debt Relief Orders
IVAs
IVAs have increased total activity
and will create great concern for the Bank JKA January 2011
43. CSR Impacts by region
Estimate of public and private sector employment loss by 2014/15
Region Total Public Private Percentage of total jobs
London 122 62 60 3.1%
South East 112 56 56 3.1%
Implicit
North West 108 62 61 3.7% Greater Manchester
Scotland 95 48 47 4.1% Public Private
20,000 18,000
Yorkshire & Humberside 82 42 41 3.7%
South West 81 41 40 3.5%
West Midlands 80 40 40 3.6%
East 74 38 36 3.2%
East Midlands 58 29 29 3.2%
Wales 52 26 26 4.3%
North East 43 22 21 4.1%
Northern Ireland 36 18 18 5.2%
UK Total 943 475 468 3.4%
Original Data Interpolation Interpolation
and what of the CSR? JKA January 2011
44. CSR Impacts by sector
Estimate of private sector employment loss by 2014/15
Sector % sector UK 000 GM ‘000
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Business Services 3.9% 186 7.5 hi gh
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Construction 5.1% 104 e em 4.0
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Manufacturing 2.0% 51 2.0
Transport/Communications 1.9% 47 1.5
Distribution, hotels, catering 0.4% 25 1.0
Financial Services 1.1% 11 0.5
Other Sectors 1.5% 44 1.5
Total Private Sector 2.1% 468 18.0
Interpolation
…… and this over four to five years. JKA January 2011
45. CSR Impacts by sector
Estimate of Output Losses at detailed sub-sector level %
Postal and Courier Service
Aircraft and other
Paper, Paperboard
Advertising Services
Clothing, Uniforms
Medical Instruments
TV, Radio h”
Pulp, Paper hig
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Leather goods, footwear s to
Electric Components em
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Weapons and ammunition
Office Machinery, Computers
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
…….. details at sub sector level ? JKA January 2011
46. CSR Impacts beneficiaries
Will the cuts be effected?
Voluntary Redundancy
Early Retirement
Job Resistance
Job Rotation
Job Re-titles
Private Sector procurement
Some Beneficiaries
Outsourcing
Manpower Service Providers
Redundancy, Relocation Providers
Professional Services
Some Winners JKA January 2011
47. Winners and Losers in recovery
Losers in 2011
Discretionary retail spend sectors
Secondary, tertiary retail
Housing related ……..
Consumer products,
Property, construction, business services
Defence, military, aerospace, marine
Some losers JKA January 2011
48. Winners and Losers in recovery
Winners
Strong manufacturing recovery over two years
Business investment - service sector related
Digital Media, Creative (new tech)
Convergent technologies, comms and clouds
Clean Tech, Green Tech, the Carbon agenda 2013
Energy efficiency, retrofit agenda,
Nuclear,
Property rental, BTL services
Professional services, Outsourcing, call centres, language translation
Export exposure especially to BIC.
Export exposure “ECBs” ECBs emergent and commodity blessed
Retail - FDAT, clothing and e-commerce
Some Winners JKA January 2011
49. pro.manchester Economics Review :
January 2011
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John Ashcroft is Chief Executive of pro.manchester is the
pro.manchester, a director of Marketing members organisation,
Manchester and a visiting professor at MMU representing the financial and
Business School specialising in Macro professional services
Economics and Corporate Strategy. organisation in Greater
Manchester.
Educated at the London School of Economics
and London Business School with a PhD in
CEO Econ
macro economics from MMU.
Blog Blog