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Associate Research Director for Global Macroeconomic Analysis

Amit Kara

Amit Kara's picture Associate Research Director for Global Macroeconomic Analysis Email: a.kara [at] niesr.ac.uk

Research interests: 

Amit is Associate Research Director for Global Macroeconomic Analysis at NIESR. He is a macroeconomist with a special interest in euro area and global economies.  He has worked for the Bank of England as a research economist, at UBS as Chief UK economist, European Economist and UK Equity Strategist and most recently at HSBC where he helped design the forward economic guidance input for IFRS 9. He has also worked as a rating analyst for CRISIL in India. . 

Education: 

1998-1999 - MSc Economics, University of Warwick
1987-1990 - BSc Economics, London School of Economics

Employment: 

2017- current NIESR
2016-2017- HSBC
2005-2014 – UBS
2001-2004 – Bank of England

Publications by Amit Kara

February 2019 GDP Tracker Amit Kara, Young, G
Prospects for the UK economy HantzscheA, Amit Kara, Young, G
January 2019 GDP Tracker Amit Kara
The Economic Effects of the Government’s proposed Brexit... Young, G, HantzscheA, Amit Kara
November GDP Tracker Amit Kara
Prospects for the UK Economy HantzscheA, Amit Kara, Young, G
October 2018 GDP Tracker Amit Kara
September 2018 GDP Tracker Amit Kara
August 2018 GDP Tracker Amit Kara
Prospects for the UK economy Amit Kara, HantzscheA, LennardJ, CLenoel, MLopresto, Rebecca Piggott, Young, G
NIESR Monthly GDP Tracker: July 2018 Amit Kara, MLopresto
June 2018 GDP Estimates Amit Kara, CThamotheram
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Blog posts by Amit Kara

UK productivity growth: careful what you wish for
Amit Kara's picture 21 Nov 2017, Amit Kara
Brexit forecasters: How did they perform?
Amit Kara's picture 25 Aug 2017, Amit Kara
The UK economy since the EU referendum in 6 charts
Amit Kara's picture 22 Jun 2017, Amit Kara

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