Linda Yueh is an economist, broadcaster and author. A Fellow in Economics at Oxford University and Adjunct Professor of Economics at the London Business School, she is Economics Editor for Bloomberg TV. Dr. Yueh directs the China Growth Centre (CGC) at St. Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, is an associate of the Globalisation programme at the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) and the IDEAS: International Affairs, Diplomacy & Strategy research centre both at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and a fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts (FRSA). Her work examines major economies such as Britain, China, United States, Europe as well as developing countries, and her research focuses on economic growth and the rise of emerging economies. Previously, she was an international corporate lawyer and a regular media commentator on global economic and business issues.
She has advised the World Bank, the European Commission, Asian Development Bank, World Economic Forum in Davos, among many others. Dr. Yueh is a Non-Executive Director of JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust plc and Baillie Gifford's Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust plc, Board Member of London & Partners, and Advisory Board Member of The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF).
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"China's foreign investment liberalisation is a 'turning point'," FT Emerging Markets/beyondbrics blog, Financial Times, 5 April 2012.
"China's 'Going Out & Bringing in' Policy: The Geo-economics of China's rise," IISS (The International Institute of Strategic Studies) seminar paper, March 2012. All 6 seminar papers from the Bahrain meeting, 'A New Era of Geo-economics: Assessing the Interplay of Economic and Political Risk,' can be found here.
"The Chinese box: the opaque economic borders of the Chinese state," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 27(4), 658-679, Winter 2011.
"Why China must continue to reform," The European Financial Review, February-March 2012, pp. 54-57.
I gave an interview to Benzinga radio "Attention" on the release of the paperback version of The Economy of China, February 2012.
I review Maonomics by Loretta Napoleoni for Management Today, February 2012.
I gave testimony on global imbalances before the Treasury Select Committee, House of Commons, UK Parliament on January 25th, 2012 which can be viewed here.
Channel 4 News on China's investment in UK Thames Water, where I contributed some comments, 20 January 2012.
BBC Radio 4 "Today" on what China developing an offshore RMB centre means for the UK, 17 January 2012.
"The Economy and Yueh" Bloomberg TV special where a panel of leading economists answer the key economic questions shaping 2012 and how it will affect you: What's next for the euro debt crisis? Is there a solution within reach? Will there be a global double dip recession in 2012? Will there be a repeat of 2008? And, a bull/bear debate on the US dollar, gold, European investments & China as the world engine of growth. Joining me are Gerard Lyons, Chief Economist of Standard Chartered, the world's most accurate forecaster according to Bloomberg, Larry Hatheway, Chief Economist of UBS, and John Llewelyn, founder of Llewelyn Consulting & advisor to HM Treasury.
Broadcast on weekdays from December 26th to January 2nd:
UK (GMT): Dec 26th: 4:30 & 9:30am; Dec 27th: 4 & 9am; Dec 28th: 5 & 9am; Dec 29th: 6 & 9am; Dec 30th: 10am; Jan 2nd: 1, 6 & 9am
Europe (CET): -1 hour; Middle East (Dubai): +4 hours; Asia (HK): +8 hours; USA (EST): -5 hours
(Please check local listings for variations)
BBC Radio 4 "More or Less" special on the Number of the Year, broadcast on December 30th (my number is Quadrillion, from 1:30-4:30).
Al Jazeera English "Empire" on the decline of America, broadcast on December 29th. Transcript here.
Sky News "Murnaghan" on the euro crisis in 2012, broadcast on December 19th (transcript).
My take on 2011/looking ahead to 2012: City A.M. & AOL Money, December 2011.
The Marketing Society interview ahead of my speaking at their Global Leadership Conference.
"Economic Growth in China: Productivity and Policy" Special Issue of the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics has just been published. I edited the issue and co-authored "Does incorporation improve firm performance?"
Euro crisis solutions & seeking funding from China: Channel 4 News, BBC London Radio "The Breakfast Show" (at 2:14.00) on October 27th; BBC 1 "Breakfast", Sky News "Boulton & Co.", BBC Radio 5 "Drive" (at 41:10), BBC Radio 2 "Simon Mayo Drivetime" (at 35:38) & BBC 2 "Newsnight" (at 2.34) on October 28th (BBC interviews available for 7 days).
Euro crisis: ABC (Australia) "Newsline" on October 12th (video, 6.39 in duration).
Market falls, economic stagnation/recession, euro crisis: BBC Radio 4 "Today" programme (5:36 in duration) on September 24th, BBC Radio Wales (interview at 35.20, 3:20 in duration, available for 7 days) on September 22nd, BBC Radio 4 "PM" programme (interview at 1:02.20, 3:00 in duration, available for 7 days) on September 21st.
BBC Radio Wales "Good Morning Wales" on the latest on the euro crisis (interview at 1:09.23, 4:50 in duration, available for 7 days) on September 15th.
Are central banks running out of options? Benzinga interview (radio, 15.21 in duration) on August 18th.
Flatlining growth: ABC "Newsline" on slow growth and the debt crisis in Europe (video, 11.48 in duration) on August 17th.
Economic uncertainty and more market turmoil: BBC Radio 4 "Today" programme (5.53 in duration) on August 9th.
More market turmoil: ITV "Daybreak" & BBC Radio 5 "Victoria Derbyshire" programme (interview at 1:18.36, 4.06 in duration, available for 7 days) on August 8th.
US loses AAA credit rating with S&P: Channel 4 News (video, 6:33 in duration) on August 6th. I also appeared on Sky News to do the newspaper review.
US jobs and market turmoil: Channel 4 News "Can positive job growth halt market slide?" & BBC Radio Oxford "Phil Gayle" (interview at 44.04, 3:56 in duration, available for 7 days) on August 5th.
Turkey's rate decision and the lira: Bloomberg TV (1.03 in duration) on August 4th.
US debt ceiling: Channel 4 News "US out of the woods on debt - but for how long?', BBC Radio Wales "Good Morning Wales" & BBC Radio Oxford "James Cannon" programmes on August 1st & 2nd (BBC programmes available for 7 days).
My interview of Joe Grice, Chief Economist of the ONS, on the latest UK growth figures can be viewed here, 26 July 2011 (9:13 in duration).
Second aid package for Greece and the euro crisis on BBC Radio Wales "Good Evening Wales" & BBC Radio Oxford "Phil Gayle" programme (interview at 16.49, 5:21 in duration, available for 7 days), 22 July 2011.
My interview of Andrea Enria, Chairman of the European Banking Authority, on the credibility of the European bank stress tests can be viewed here, 15 July 2011 (4:24 in duration).
My interview of Robert Chote, Chairman of the UK Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), on the lack of long-term fiscal sustainability of Britain can be viewed here, 13 July 2011 (video, 18:34 in duration).
"Self-made in China," a piece that I wrote for the Royal Society for the Arts (RSA) Journal on the challenges and lessons of entrepreneurship in China, Summer 2011.
I interviewed Mark Mobius, Executive Chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group, after I chaired his lecture at the Fund Forum International in Monaco, 7 July 2011 (video, 7:04 in duration).
"Seeing double at central banks," op-ed piece for Project Syndicate, 7 July 2011. I gave an interview on this piece for Benzinga.com as a podcast and a radio interview on KFNN radio in Pheonix, Arizona, USA, 15 July 2011.
"Emerging market investors cast wider net," Financial Times, 7 July 2011.
"How Europe can welcome the Chinese," The Guardian, 27 June 2011.
BBC Radio 4 "Today" (4:32 in duration) & BBC World Service "Newshour" (interview at 19:36, 3:15 in duration - available for 7 days) on China's support of the euro, 24 June 2011. Also, BBC World Service "World Update" (interview at 14.04, 4:18 in duration - available for 7 days) & on BBC Radio Wales "Good Morning Wales" on 27 June 2011.
BBC Radio Oxford "Phil Mercer" on UK unemployment, 15 June 2011 (interview at 19.56, 3:50 in duration - available for 7 days).
"China's new Five Year Plan: What are the implications for global development?" Overseas Development Institute (ODI) blog, 9 June 2011.
ABC (Australia) "Newsline" with Jim Middleton on the IMF and the euro debt crisis, 18 May 2011 (video, 10:41 in duration).
"China and the UK: Changing Patters of International Trade and Investment," Economic and Labour Market Review, 5(5), 26-45, May 2011 (with Graeme Chamberlin).
"Re-balancing China," Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) Discussion Paper 441, Stanford University, May 2011.
"The Conflicted Bank of England" op-ed piece published by Project Syndicate, 5 May 2011.
BBC Radio 4 "Today" programme on the latest Chinese census and its implications for growth, 28 April 2011.
BBC Radio Wales "News at One" on the latest UK GDP figures, 27 April 2011 (interview at 1:01.25, 3:25 in duration - available for 7 days).
Al Jazeera English "Frost Over the World" on the euro debt crisis with Daniel Hannan MEP, 23 April 2011.
"Why China must change," Business Strategy Review, London Business School, April 2011.
BBC Radio Oxford "Bill Heine" programme where I contributed to the newspaper review covering the Japan earthquake, Libya and the Lib Dem spring conference, among others in the 1st hour, 13 March 2011.
BBC World Service "World Business News" where I analyse the latest EU economic sanctions against Libya, 11 March 2011.
Interview/podcast on "China's economic rise" for the Atlantic Council, the Washington DC-based think tank, on China overtaking Japan as the world's second largest economy in the first of their 2011 series, 16 February 2011.
"China looks for inner richness," The Guardian, 14 February 2011.
"China: The Road to Sustainable Growth" video prepared for the IMF annual summit, January 2011.
London Business School Business Strategy Review Q&A on my latest book, The Economy of China, January 2011.
Bloomberg TV: The Strategic View: Will the euro survive? I present a half-hour debate which examines the future of the euro with a panel of experts: George Magnus of UBS, John Redwood MP, and Stephen King of HSBC. The show was broadcast from 24 December 2010 - 2 January 2011.
"Frost Over the World: Review of 2010," Al Jazeera English, 24 December 2010, where I was part of a panel that included Chris Patten who was former governor of Hong Kong, Kate Adie who was the BBC's foreign correspondent, Mehdi Hassan of the New Statesman, and Mary Jordan from the Washington Post.