Eight years of explaining the economy live, off the cuff and in three minutes

A television set isn’t a soapbox. It’s a place where you have to say in three minutes something that’s taken you three weeks to understand, and do so without the safety net of a written script.

I go on the media because analysis that never leaves the office is useless, and because explaining it out loud demands a discipline that the written word tends to overlook. If an idea doesn’t hold up on air, with someone in front of you who can challenge it, it probably wouldn’t have held up in writing either.

Here is everything I’ve said since 2018, with the date and a link. Including what time has since disproved – which is also part of the job.