Economy

Economy forecasts tricky to balance for the experts

13:20 pm on 30 July 2021

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Economists are often asked to forecast our financial futures.

Whether interest rates will increase, what will happen to the housing market or unemployment.

But how seriously should we take these predictions, especially in an unprecedented pandemic?

David McLeish is a senior portfolio manager at Fisher Funds and he talks to Jesse about the complexities of economic predictions.

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