Job Title
Associate Research Director for Global Macroeconomics
Research Interests
Barry’s research interests are in applied macroeconomics and economic policy, with particular interests in issues concerned with financial and housing markets, employment and productivity in the UK and internationally
Employment
Prior to joining NIESR, Barry had worked in a number of roles in the private and public sectors. Immediately prior to joining, Barry had been Chief Economist at Santander UK for 20 years. He has also been a senior economist at HSBC, an Economic Advisor at both HM Treasury and the National Economic Development Office (NEDO) and a Lecturer in Economics at the University of Liverpool. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (FCIB), having served as a Chief Examiner for the Institute during the 1990s.
Additional Information
Prior to joining NIESR, Barry had worked in a number of roles in the private and public sectors. Immediately prior to joining, Barry had been Chief Economist at Santander UK for 20 years. He has also been a senior economist at HSBC, an Economic Advisor at both HM Treasury and the National Economic Development Office (NEDO) and a Lecturer in Economics at the University of Liverpool. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (FCIB), having served as a Chief Examiner for the Institute during the 1990s.
Publications
Economic Outlooks
Short-term Impact from a Rapid Increase in Carbon Taxes
09 Aug 2023
Global Economic Outlook Topical Feature
Modelling the Effects from Slower Trade Growth: An Exercise Using NiGEM
11 May 2023
Global Economic Outlook Topical Feature
Has Headline Inflation Peaked in the G7 Economies?
08 Feb 2023
Global Economic Outlook Box Analysis
Modelling a Secular Slowdown in China: An Exercise Using NiGEM
08 Feb 2023
Global Economic Outlook Topical Feature
National Institute Economic Review
Commentary: The Risks of Rising Global Indebtedness
01 Aug 2018
National Institute Economic Review
Occasional Papers
Policy Papers
Blog Posts
Is a Windfall Tax a Good Idea?
Barry Naisbitt
Urvish Patel
Stephen Millard
23 May 2022
7 min read
Worrying about the US inflation outlook
Corrado Macchiarelli
Barry Naisbitt
Patricia Sánchez Juanino
19 Nov 2021
7 min read
Will the 2010s be viewed as a period of global growth and stability?
Barry Naisbitt
30 Apr 2019
2 min read