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Economic Outlook

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What do the coming months and years ahead look like for the economy? In this event series the world's leading economists and thinkers share their views and insights. What are the threats? Where are the opportunities? How will political shifts impact the economy? Please join us, in person and online.

Upcoming events

Monday 12 May 2025, 7pm

May 2025: Energy Special, with Helen Thompson

Helen Thompson joins BBC broadcaster Jonny Dymond to delve into the critical energy issues of our time

Previous events

February 2025: Martin Wolf

Martin Wolf returned for the Economic Outlook to discuss what is set to be seismic year for the global economy

November 2024: Tim Harford

Tim Harford joined us to interrogate what the numbers are really telling us about the economy – and what those numbers tell us about what lies ahead

October 2024: Paul Johnson

Reflections on a year of seismic change and the impact of the 2024 general election on the country’s economic future

May 2024: Keyu Jin

Keyu Jin explains how the success or failure of China’s economy will have profound consequences for the rest of the world

March 2024: Martin Wolf

Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times Martin Wolf in conversation with BBC News presenter Jonny Dymond

October 2023: Gillian Tett

Gillian Tett is one of the world’s most in-demand economists. An acclaimed columnist and author at the Financial Times, she has long used her training as an anthropologist to break new ground on economic affairs, notably predicting the 2007–8 financial crisis.

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