Simon French ✓

@Frencheconomics · London · joined 01 Feb 2012

Chief Economist & Head of Research @panmureliberum Former @cabinetofficeuk @dwp. 🏏 @hmtreasury. @thetimes columnist. 🚴‍♀️ tours & 🐝-keeping. Views are my own

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16 110Posts total

326.3KViews on collected posts

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Simon French ✓@Frencheconomics8 Sep

The seventh quarter in a row of falling arrears on UK mortgages during Q2 26. Whatever else ails the UK housing market (falling real prices, a 50% increase in the cost of new build, rent inflation) the ability of homeowners to navigate the 2022-26 ramp up in re-mortgage interest

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Simon French ✓@Frencheconomics8 Sep

Credit to the Minister for doing this substack. I would add though that whilst he is right that the UK’s fiscal repair (forecast) is impressive by G7 standards, it is notable how sovereign yields are more related to inflation, than fiscal aggregates. If the UK wants to get http

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Simon French ✓@Frencheconomics7 Sep

One of the challenges with analysing UK tax data is that these high profile HNW departures don’t yet show up in the data. Indeed tax revenue is currently growing at almost twice the rate of NGDP so most of what we are seeing remains anecdotal. But next February could be quite 28.5K views · 171 likes · 28 reposts · 17 replies Open on X →

Simon French ✓@Frencheconomics7 Sep

Three reflections on John Healey’s speech. Firstly, the good aspects were the tone (upbeat), the repeated focus on pace (addressing the oft-hidden cost of time), and quite a significant section on reducing the regulatory burden on business (judicial review, reducing consultation 35.3K views · 61 likes · 18 reposts · 12 replies Open on X →

Simon French ✓@Frencheconomics7 Sep

I do like the repeated use of "pace" in Healey's growth speech. It does suggest that the (often invisible) cost of time is being taken seriously in HMT. 5K views · 41 likes · 1 reposts · 8 replies Open on X →

Simon French ✓@Frencheconomics7 Sep

My preview of today’s speech by the UK Chancellor, John Healey. There will be continuity with the themes expressed by Suank and Reeves in their respective Mais lectures. But will this trigger progress on the UK’s stuttering macroeconomic framework where high inflation and a high

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Simon French ✓@Frencheconomics1 Sep

@Frencheconomics There is no civilised conversation left to be had. The shitcunts in Westminster and Whitehall are bankrupting the country and the fukpig stupid British electorate wants them to. 630 views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Simon French ✓@Frencheconomics1 Sep

@Frencheconomics @AtticumFloreat We could save a few quid by sacking the OBR who are consistently proven to be wrong by a massive margin. 639 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Simon French ✓@Frencheconomics1 Sep

@Frencheconomics @julianHjessop But Burnham’s not in hock to the Gilt markets. https://t.co/IAc3s4PImo

GIF

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Simon French ✓@Frencheconomics1 Sep

This morning the 20-year Gilt - one of the market-derived assumptions used for the OBR forecast - is 70bp above where it was assumed to going to be at the Spring Forecast, at 5.8%. Applied across the curve that is a £6bn increase in debt interest by 2029/30 - or put another way,

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Simon French ✓@Frencheconomics1 Sep

Having split my career 50:50 between the public and private sectors I don’t think such data, whilst really striking, are key indicators of ministerial capability. What is unedifying however is X being filled with govt Ministers having a pop at @griffitha for his role in the 96.3K views · 271 likes · 42 reposts · 23 replies Open on X →

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11 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views16 610this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %79.77%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.77%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	16 610	924	18.0×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	79.77%	3.62%	22.0×
Engagement rate	0.77%	1.52%	0.50×

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Likes70.2%1 137 in total

Reposts16.4%265 in total

Replies7.1%115 in total

Quotes0.7%12 in total

Bookmarks5.6%91 in total

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