The lecture on “Prospects for the global economy: how robust and secure a recovery in emerging markets ?” by Dr. Neil Blake, Director of Economics Analysis at Oxford Economics Limited will take place at the NEU on August 19th 2010. The tentative agenda for the lecture will be:
4:00 - 4:30: Registration
4:30 - 5:30: Lecture
Dr. Neil Blake is Director of Economic Analysis at Oxford Economics. Prior to joining Oxford Economics, Neil was in charge of economic forecasting and consultancy for Experian having previously been a founding director of Business Strategies Ltd. He has also worked for Wharton Econometrics (Global Insight) and the University of East Anglia. He holds degrees from the Universities of York and Warwick. At Business Strategies and Experian Neil developed a suite of models that include macroeconomic, regional and sub-regional, labour market, local impact, consumer market, property, occupational change, commuting patterns, household formation and demographics. He has also directed Experian Business Strategies European Regional research programme. In earlier work with Wharton Econometrics (WEFA) he also worked on World Modelling systems and foreign Exchange forecasts. Current responsibilities include overseeing international regional and industry modeling, UK economic forecasting and input to public sector consultancy. Altogether, Neil has been involved in economic forecasting for nearly twenty-five years. He has particular interests in the interpretation and use of survey information in economic analysis and in the supply-side analysis of national and regional economies. Dr. Blake has published on a wide range of subjects including economic growth, regional economic modelling, economic history and the use of survey data in economic analysis and forecasting. He was also part of a joint Treasury/DTI/ODPM working group on how to deliver the Government's Regional Economic Performance Public Service Agreement and has worked on both the Lyons Review on the location of government employment and the Barker Review of the economic effects of restrictions on housing supply and is currently a member of the Department for Community and Local Government's expert panels on "Neighborhoods, Cities and Regions" and "Housing Market and Planning".