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Global Scenarios Report - January 2012 * Consumer Confidence January 2012 * Northern Bank Quarterly Sectoral Forecast Q4 2011 *


Northern Bank provides regular analysis and commentary on UK and global economic trends, in particular those elements of economic performance which impact Northern Bank's personal and business portfolios.

 Angela Mcgowan  

Angela McGowan
Chief Economist

anmcg@northernbank.co.uk
 

Angela joined Northern Bank from the Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland (ERINI) where she was Senior Economist. She has 16 years’ experience in the economics field, having previously worked in the Department of Economics at Queen’s University and the former Northern Ireland Economic Council.

Her role is to provide analysis and commentary on Northern Irish, and global economic trends, in particular those elements of economic performance which impact the Bank's personal and business portfolios.

Angela has worked on a number of significant research projects for ERINI. In particular she has worked on projects such as ‘The Cost of Doing Business in NI’, ‘Public Expenditure on Children’, ‘Industrial De-rating’ and ‘The Welfare Trap’.

Angela’s research has predominantly focused on the local economy and has allowed her to touch on a variety of research areas including competitiveness, energy, rating reform, the labour market and education.

Angela has a BSc in Economics from Queen’s University and an MBA from the University of Ulster.

Economic Summary Reports Economic Summary Reports

Weekly Economic Update
Northern Bank's weekly economic summary will bring you up to date with recent economic events at a global, national and regional level. The summary also incorporates recently released economic data.

Weekly Economic Update
Consumer Confidence Survey

Northern Bank has commissioned Millward Brown to carry out a quarterly survey of consumer confidence in Northern Ireland, which commenced in October last year

The survey findings are published on a quarterly basis.

Consumer Confidence Surveys
Quarterly Economic Overview

The economic overview and outlook is published on a quarterly basis and provides an in-depth look at Northern Ireland's main economic indicators.

Quarterly Economic Overview

Industry Sector Forecasts
Northern Bank in conjunction with Regional Forecasts (a division of Oxford Economics) have commenced a quarterly publication examining the economic outlook in terms of growth and employment for all the main industrial sectors in Northern Ireland.

Industry Sector Forecasts

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Media Attention
All recent Northern Bank economic commentary reported in the local press can be found here.

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