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Gavyn Davies

Macro-economics Commentator

This blog is on macro-economics, economic policymaking and the financial markets. It usually appears on Sunday.

Gavyn Davies is now chairman of Fulcrum Asset Management and co-founder of Prisma Capital Partners. He was the head of the global economics department at Goldman Sachs from 1987-2001, and was chairman of the BBC from 2001-2004. He has also served as an economic policy adviser in No 10 Downing Street, an external adviser to the British Treasury, and as a visiting professor at the London School of Economics.

Readers are urged to seek professional advice before making any investments.

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