Ed Cornforth
Ed is an Associate Economist in our Macroeconomic Modelling and Forecasting team
Job Title
Associate Economist
Research Interests
Money creation, banking, wealth inequality
Education
MSc Money, Banking, and Finance – University of Exeter
BSc Politics with Economics – University of Bath
Employment
Procurement Officer – Transport for Greater Manchester
Publications
Economic Outlooks
Policy, Budgets, & Fiscal Events
A Macroeconomic Analysis of the Main Parties’ Spending Pledges
24 Jun 2024
General Election Briefing
NIESR’s Response to the Chancellor’s Spring Budget
15 Mar 2023
Budget/Fiscal Event Comment
Challenging Times – The Economy Ahead of the Spring Budget
09 Mar 2023
Budget/Fiscal Event Comment
Blog Posts
Projects
News
Related events
2024 UK General Election: Five Key Economic Priorities for the New Government
2024 UK General Election: The Economy and Living Standards
NiGEM Workshop: Introducing Macro-Pru to NiGEM
This intermediate/advanced level workshop will guide users in systemic risk and macroprudential policy in NiGEM. Macroprudential considerations are introduced into NiGEM via loan to value ratios and capital adequacy requirements….
NiGEM Workshop: Inflation Expectations in NiGEM
This workshop, designed for intermediate/advanced users of NiGEM who are already familiar with the model, inspects the role of expectations in NiGEM. Participants will be taken through how one can…
NiGEM Workshop: Monetary Policy and Risk Premia Shocks
Designed exclusively for NiGEM subscribers, this workshop will provide an introduction to the simulation suite, with a walk-through of the wizards. The focus of the session will be on running…
NiGEM Workshop: Expanding Country Models in NiGEM
A step-by-step guide on how to expand existing small scale models into a large scale model. The workshop will cover the addition of new variables and equations to the model,…
NiGEM Workshop: Endogenous vs Exogenous Shocks
This training workshop, designed for users who are already familiar with NiGEM, will include examples that illustrate the difference between endogenous and exogenous shocks, how default expectations can be changed…
NiGEM Workshop: Fiscal Policy Shocks
Designed exclusively for our NiGEM subscribers, this training workshop will cover an introduction to the fiscal block in NIGEM, including fiscal multipliers. There will be several practical examples of how…