Paul Ashworth

Paul Ashworth is our Chief US Economist. He joined Capital Economics from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) where he worked on their world economy model after taking degrees in Economics and Mathematics at Strathclyde and Warwick and completing a PhD on monetary policy. Paul has significant expertise as a modeller and econometrician. He has analysed and forecast the US economy since 2001. In 2008, Paul was placed fifth in the Wall Street Journal rankings of US economic forecasters. In 2010, Paul was named Wall Street Journal forecaster of the year.