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Capital Economics
Independent UK-based macroeconomic research firm (market-oriented, non-partisan in style)
Capital Economics is a privately owned London-based economic research firm. It was founded by Roger Bootle, and Lloyds Banking Group and Phoenix Equity Partners hold stakes. Its work is written for investors and is analytical rather than political. On the Trump administration it focuses on economic effects, and it often warns that tariffs will raise inflation and slow growth.
Owned byPrivately held. Founded by economist Roger Bootle in 1999. Minority stakes were sold to Lloyds Banking Group (2014, valuing the firm at about £70 million) and later to private equity firm Phoenix Equity Partners. Bootle remains a non-executive director and senior adviser. I did not confirm the current split of ownership.
LeaningIndependent UK-based macroeconomic research firm (market-oriented, non-partisan in style)
On the administrationmostly neutral
3average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun