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Award-winning macro and market coverage

LSEG names Capital Economics top forecaster of major global stock indices for third straight quarter  

LSEG award

We've been helping businesses make more informed decisions for more than 25 years, building a track record that is reflected in the long list of awards that we've received for our analysis and forecasting.

This year so far our economists have received more than 70 awards for forecasting accuracy.

Forecast accuracy awards won over past three years
437
Economists worldwide
70+
Economies and markets under coverage
Over 100

This year's forecast accuracy awards

LSEG Starmine

LSEG Starmine

Capital Economics has been named top forecaster of global stock indices by LSEG Data & Analytics in its StarMine Awards for most accurate forecasters in Reuters polls in every quarter of 2024 so far, and won the inaugural annual award in 2023.
Focus Economics

Focus Economics

The 70 awards that we received for forecast accuracy from Focus Economics this year included joint most first-place awards for our coverage of commodities markets.
Consensus Economics

Consensus Economics

Capital Economics frequently dominates the Consensus Economics awards for forecast accuracy, with this year’s tally included a win for our coverage of China’s economy.

A long track record of outstanding analysis and forecasting accuracy

The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times

Capital Economics was again named most accurate forecaster of the UK economy by The Sunday Times in 2023.
The Wolfson Economics Prize

The Wolfson Economics Prize

In 2014, Capital Economics won the inaugural Wolfson Economics Prize for analysis showing how a country could leave the euro-zone.
The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal

Through the years, Capital Economics' accuracy in tracking the development of major economies has been frequently recognised by leading economic and media organisations, including The Wall Street Journal for our coverage of the US economy.

Meet some of our award winners

John Higgins

John Higgins

John heads our team of economists covering global markets, which this year won the inaugural LSEG Starmine award for accuracy in forecasting major global stock indices. 

Explore our Global Markets coverage

Julian Evans-Pritchard

A fluent Chinese speaker, Julian leads our coverage of China's economy, which has just won awards for overall accuracy from Consensus Economics, and for inflation and interest rates from Focus Economics.

See our China coverage

JEP
David Omojomolo

David Omojomolo 

David is an economist on our EM team and this year was named by Focus Economics for his accuracy in covering African economies from Angola to Zambia. 

Explore our Africa coverage 

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