29.11.2024
Is the victory over inflation final?
In this podcast, our Chief Economist Patrice Gautry talks about the UBP Global Investment Committee’s views on economic growth, inflation, and interest rates in 2025.
Patrice Gautry
首席经济学家
日内瓦, 瑞士
French, English
Patrice has been UBP’s Chief economist for over 15 years and has nearly 30 years’ experience in macroeconomics and investment strategy.
He joined Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) in Geneva in February 2000 and heads the Bank’s Economic and Thematic Research department. Prior to that, from 1991 to 1999, he worked in the Institutional Asset Management department of HSBC Group in Paris as head of economics and investment strategy. From 1988 to 1991, he was a manager of European diversified SICAV and mutual fund portfolios for the Ecofi-Finance Group.
Patrice holds a research master’s degree in Economics from the HEC-CESA Paris and the University of Orléans, with specialisations in currency, finance and banking.
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