How the Economy really works and the key indicators of its performance which will allow us to forecast the next two years and beyond (Inperson Workshop for Members of Midlands Leadership Group)

location iconBurton Upon Trent | location icon Tue. 27th September 2022 | Time icon 9:30am-12:30pm

This is a private meeting of the MD2MD Leadership team blended members.

  • What is the economy? Mechanical vs Behavioural view
  • Definition of GDP and its calculation
  • How banks create money and why it drives GDP
  • Systemic feedback: causes of boom and bust
  • Monetary disequilibrium
  • Why Government cannot control the economy (except in China)
  • The demographic time bomb
  • Key indicators: retail sales, PMIs, M4 money, the long run rate of interest
  • Where are we now and the next three years forecast

Takeaways

  • Understand the quality press economics pages
  • Significant increase in understanding business risk
  • Much reduced flying blind

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