Head of UK Macroeconomic Forecasting

Amit Kara

Head of UK Macroeconomic Forecasting Email: a.kara [at] niesr.ac.uk

Research interests:

Amit is Head of UK macroeconomics research at NIESR. He is a macroeconomist with a special interest in the UK and Euro Area economies. Amit 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. Amit 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

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

Prospects for the UK economy Amit Kara, HantzscheA, LennardJ, CLenoel, MLopresto, Rebecca Piggott, CThamotheram, Young, G

April 2018 GDP Estimates Amit Kara, CThamotheram

A statement for the rites of spring Amit Kara

Blog posts by Amit Kara

UK productivity growth: careful what you wish for

21 Nov 2017, Amit Kara

Brexit forecasters: How did they perform?

25 Aug 2017, Amit Kara

The UK economy since the EU referendum in 6 charts

22 Jun 2017, Amit Kara