Hailey Low

Macroeconomist

Hailey Low, an associate economist at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, specialises in macroeconomic modelling and forecasting. Her research interests include macroeconomic performance and policies, monetary policies, international trade and development, and the interplay between the financial and economic worlds. Prior to joining NIESR, she earned a master's degree in data analytics in economics and finance from the University of Glasgow and held various analyst and research roles.

Kemar Whyte

Carbon Tax Modelling Economist

Kemar Whyte is a senior economist at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, specialising in macroeconomic modeling and forecasting. His research interests include financial stability and macroprudential regulation and supervision as well as applied macroeconomics and economic policy. Prior to joining NIESR in 2019, I obtained a masters degree in Economics from the University of the West Indies and a Ph.D. in economics from The University of Sheffield.

Rory MacQueen

Macroeconomist

Rory MacQueen is Principal Economist in the Macroeconomic Modelling and Forecasting team at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR). He works on our quarterly forecast of the UK economy, and the monthly GDP tracker. Before NIESR I worked as a political advisor, and before that taught economics and began a PhD at the University of London.

Cyrille Lenoel

Macroeconomist

Cyrille is the Principal Economist at the National Institute of Social and Economic Research. As part of his work at NIESR, he has contributed to the development of the National Institute Global Econometric Model and a new National Institute Sectoral Econometric Model. Before joining NIESR in 2017, Cyrille had worked in quantitative roles in the financial sector to develop risk and pricing models. He has two master's degrees, one in Engineering from Ecole Centrale de Nantes, and one in Economics from Toulouse School of Economics.

Hande Kucuk

Macroeconomist

Hande is a PhD economist with extensive experience in central banking in emerging market economies, policy analysis, macroeconomic modelling and forecasting. She is currently Deputy Director for Macroeconomics, Modelling and Forecasting and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.

Garry Young

Macroeconomist

Garry is the Director of Macroeconomic Modelling and Forecasting at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, the UK’s oldest independent research institute. His research interests cover all aspects of applied macroeconomics and policy. Garry rejoined NIESR in 2017 following 17 years working on monetary policy and financial stability at the Bank of England.