Peter Westaway has enjoyed a successful career in government and the City as an economist and financial markets analyst. Peter has established a strong reputation for communicating complex ideas in a straightforward, easy-to-understand and entertaining manner. And he can help audiences interpret the twists and turns of the economic news cycle, demystify market movements and explain what it all means for portfolio decisions.
Peter’s expertise is wide-ranging with particular expertise in monetary policy, central bank behaviour and the implications of government fiscal policy for the real economy and financial markets. He is also well schooled in the implications of climate change for the economy and financial markets.
Peter Westaway has held senior positions at the Bank of England (1996-2003), Nomura (2009-2001), Vanguard Asset Management (2011-2022) and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (1987-1996). He started his career in HM Treasury. In 2003, he was seconded to HM Treasury where he advised on the Brown government’s Five Tests Assessment on the UK’s membership of the euro area. He received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Cambridge in 1985.
Peter has written numerous articles on various aspects of macroeconomics and economic policymaking. He authored two influential background papers to the Five Tests Assessment of euro membership.
Peter Westaway is a frequent economics commentator on BBC, Bloomberg and CNBC. He is able to communicate effectively with audiences ranging from school and university students to financial advisers and institutional money managers.
With inflation reaching historically unprecedented levels, have central bankers made serious mistakes? How should we expect inflation to behave in the years ahead and how will central banks respond to this new more challenging environment? Is it time to junk the inflation targeting approach that has been so widely adopted around the world?
With inflation reaching historically unprecedented levels, have central bankers made serious mistakes? How should we expect inflation to behave in the years ahead and how will central banks respond to this new more challenging environment? Is it time to junk the inflation targeting approach that has been so widely adopted around the world?
With policymakers continuing to backslide on their commitments to reduce emissions, how will this affect the climate? What difference does it make to economic activity if policymakers allow temperatures to rise and how will the economy be affected if green policies are adopted? How should investors take environmental considerations into account? What implications does all this have on asset prices and personal wealth.
There is a degree of logical consistency to the UK leaving the EU and not choosing to adopt the euro. But were these decisions appropriate for the UK economy or could the UK have fared better by staying in the EU and even adopting the euro? How likely is it that the current status quo will be maintained indefinitely?
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