Gary Duncan

Profile: Full name: Gary Duncan Area of interest: Business, Economics Journals/Organisation: The Times Email: Personal website: Website: Blog: Representation: http://www.specialistspeakers.com/?p=2378 Networks: http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/gary-duncan/9/419/527

Biography: About: Education: Career: The Times: Economics correspondent, 2001/2004; Economics editor, 2004 until March 2010; RSA: Group Head of Public Affairs, August 2010/December 2010; Public Company; RSA; Public affairs, policy and communications adviser at Gary Duncan, April 2010- Current position/role: Public affairs, policy and communications adviser Other roles/Main role: Viewpoints/Insight: Broadcast media: Video: Controversy/Criticism: Awards/Honours: Other:

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The Times: Column name: Economic View Remit/Info: Business and economic outlook Section: Business Role: Economics Editor Pen-name: Email: Website: Commissioning editor: Day published: Monday Regularity: Weekly Column format: Average length:

Articles: 2009 Consumer woes mean US not free of peril yet - With many Americans still paying off debts, the prospects for economic recovery are more frail than many people suppose - 20th July Inflationary monster is just a bogeyman — there’s nothing to fear but fear itself - 6th July Gordon Brown’s legacy is a nation more divided than ever - For the next government, the dangers of a growing North-South divide are looking likely to loom larger than ever before - 8th June Good time for the Bank to pause and reflect - The Bank has given scant quarter in its campaign of interest rate cuts and radical measures - 1st June Brown will be praying for rebound with a V, not a W - All the Prime Minister's prayers are that an emerging rebound from recession and economic rock-bottom will bring a parallel bounce back in his, and his Government's, similarly rocky poll ratings - 25th May This bullish spirit may lack legs for the long run - Horror and panic about the economic slump has given way to a new appetite for risk but this optimism is unlikely to last - 11th May Brown's 'boom' was a mirage but subsequent bust is only too real - If pride comes before a fall, then there are few more spectacular examples of descent from hubris to nemesis than Gordon Brown's past ten years in charge of the British economy - 4th May Green shoots a mirage in economic desert - The present chorus of upbeat and reassuring responses to the question 'are we nearly there yet?' is little more than wishful thinking - 14th April Eurozone risks being at odds with history - The wrong side of history is a hugely dangerous place to be stuck. Yet, increasingly, it is in just this perilous location that the eurozone's governments seem intent on entrenching themselves, digging in against American and British pressure for further action to combat the global slump - 23rd March Election victory may not be worth winning - In politics, as in economics, there is seldom such a thing as a “dead cert”. Shocks and surprises, upsets and uncertainties are ever present. Yet it is increasingly taken as a virtual certainty that the Conservatives will oust Labour from power at the next election - 23rd February Fight to sustain recovery may be ultimate battle - Peering once more into the abyss of worldwide economic calamity this weekend, the finance ministers of the West’s big economies found themselves still scrabbling desperately for a toehold - 16th February Heading down into uncharted territory, The Times MPC is divided on how to steer a safe course - 5th February Firefighters are failing and we're all getting scorched - For God's sake, don't look down.” This, generally speaking, is pretty good advice to anyone who finds himself perilously navigating a treacherous path on the very edge of a dangerous abyss - 19th January No green shoots in sight as recession bites - It is the recession that reaches the parts that other recessions have not reached. The economic slump in Britain that began in the late summer of last year is hitting us harder and faster, and will bite deeper and for longer, than most commentators are now predicting - 5th January

News & updates: Global insurance firm RSA has completed its search for a new group head of public affairs - Public Affairs News, 4th August 2010

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