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Economy in Brief
U.S. Housing Affordability Declines in April
The NAR Fixed Rate Mortgage Housing Affordability Index declined 11.0% during April (-14.7% y/y) to 155.8...
U.K. Retail Sales Back Off in May
U.K. retail sales fell by 0.8% in May...
U.S. Leading Indicators Post Another Strong Gain in May
The Conference Board's Composite Index of Leading Economic Indicators strengthened 1.3% (14.7% y/y) during May...
Philly Fed Manufacturing Index Little Changed in June
The Philadelphia Fed's Manufacturing Business Conditions Index edged down to 30.7 in June...
U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Rise Unexpectedly
Initial claims for unemployment insurance increased 37,000 during the week ended June 12 to 412,000...
Andrew Cates
Haver Analytics is pleased to bring Andrew Cates's commentaries on the state of the global economy to its clients.
Andy Cates has more than 25 years of experience forecasting the global economic outlook and in assessing the implications for policy settings and financial markets. He has held various senior positions in London in a number of Investment Banks including as Head of Developed Markets Economics at Nomura and as Chief Eurozone Economist at RBS. These followed a spell of 21 years as Senior International Economist at UBS, 5 of which were spent in Singapore. Prior to his time in financial services Andy was a UK economist at HM Treasury in London holding positions in the domestic forecasting and macroeconomic modelling units.
He has a BA in Economics from the University of York and an MSc in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Southampton.