Turbulent Times for the Global Economy
Leaving aside the pandemic-driven inflation and the 2022 interest rate spike, 2025 is shaping up to be Wall Street’s worst start to a year since the depths of the financial crisis.
So far, key market volatility indicators have been rattled by escalating trade wars and geopolitical turmoil. There is little doubt that President Trump’s protectionist stance and tariffs policies are major factors driving the current market uncertainty.
While U.S. markets have perhaps felt the sharpest impact, European and Asian markets are also experiencing turbulence – although certain sectors such as European defense stocks, have actually seen gains amid rising geopolitical tensions.
Chartwell Speakers works with a range of economists and experts who can help make sense of current events and provide insights into what may lie ahead.
Nouriel Roubini
Professor Emeritus at NYU and renowned economist who predicted the 2008 crash
Martin Wolf
Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times
Dambisa Moyo
International economist and author of five bestselling books on the global macroeconomy
Jeremy Hunt
UK politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer (2022-24) & Foreign Secretary (2018-19)
Wolfgang Munchau
Director of Eurointelligence, a leading news service focused on European economics
Merryn Somerset-Webb
Senior Columnist at Bloomberg and host of award-winning podcast ‘Merryn Talks Money’
Raghuram Rajan
Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (2013-16)
Andy Haldane
Chief Economist of The Bank of England (2014-21)
Margrethe Vestager
Executive Vice President of the European Commission for Competition (2019-24)
Mariana Mazzucato
Professor of Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London
Haruhiko Kuroda
Governor of the Bank of Japan (2013-23)
Raj Bhala
Lawyer specialising in international trade law and Professor at the University of Kansas School of Law