Marie Antelme

Articles by
Marie Antelme

Marie is the economist at Coronation. She is a member of the Fixed Interest team and provides input to the broader investment team. She joined Coronation in 2014 and has 23 years' experience as a market economist.

“Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus. ” - Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister, 1979 - 1990

“All the water that will ever be is, right now.” – National Geographic

The same, but on steroids.

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“When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” – John F. Kennedy

A challenging balance between inflation and growth.

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“The president can't change the country on his own. But what can he do? He can give an example.” - Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy; President of Ukraine

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We can’t afford not doing better

“Battles are never the end of the war” – former US President James Garfield

Restoring confidence is key to growth recovery

Transformative policy paper needs strong implementation

The economic cost of rent seeking

World economy balancing on regional tensions and precarious geopolitical alliances

Government’s management of the power crisis will be telling of its broader capacity for reform

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