Andrew Burrell
Associate Director
Experian
Andrew joined Experian Business Strategies in August 2001 after working as an Economist in the Bank of England’s Financial Stability Division. He is responsible for the management of the Regional Planning and Property Market Forecasting Services (RPS and PMFS) and also co-ordinates the work of our Macroeconomics team.
Major projects
• Co-ordination of the biannual RPS forecast and its four volumes of analysis.
• Town-level property forecasts and analysis.
• Management of the large RPS and PMFS client base.
• Regular presentation of Experian’s view of the regions, the UK and Europe.
• Production of the monthly macroeconomic forecast.
• Contributions to European Regional Service work.
• Recent projects include the Leeds’ Financial Services Report (Yorkshire Forward), Scottish Enterprise Property Model, Productivity Challenges for the UK and its Regions (SEEDA), Scottish Water Macroeconomic Report, European Property Outlook (PWC) and Scottish Futures papers.
Prior experience
• Research Assistant at the University of Liverpool, working on their macroeconomic model.
• Research Officer in the Centre for Economic Forecasting at the London Business School – involved research and forecasting using world (GEM) and UK models, including the co-ordination of the global outlook.
• UK Economist at the Royal Bank of Scotland with responsibility for the UK forecast – included briefings and presentations on the UK and its implications for financial services, plus regional and country risk analysis.
• US Economist in Financial Stability division of the Bank of England – research and surveillance work on the US economy and its possible implications for the financial stability of the UK banking sector.
Publications
• The London Business School Econometric Model: An Update, Economic Outlook, February 1992.
• A Comparison of Macroeconomic Forecasts, with Stephen Hall, CEF Discussion Paper DP 20-94, August 1994, also in Economic Forecasts.
• Forecasting in Practice, with Geoffrey Dicks in Forecasting Economic Time Series edited by Stephen Hall, 1994 (Simon and Schuster).
• Contributions to LBS Economic Outlook and International Economic Outlook publications.
• Contributions to the Bank of England’s Financial Stability Review.
• Investigating the Sectoral and Regional Effects of the 2003 and 2004 National Minimum Wage Upratings, Research Report for the Low Pay Commission (2007).
