Angus Armstrong

Angus Armstrong serves as Director of Macroeconomics at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIECR) since September 2011 and holds an Adjunct Professor position at Imperial College Business School. Previously, he was Head of Macroeconomic Analysis at Her Majesty's Treasury from mid-2004, playing a critical role in the UK's financial crisis response including G20 representation, and served as Chief Economist Asia and Managing Director at Deutsche Bank.

His academic credentials include doctoral studies at Imperial College London, Harvard University, and MIT, culminating in a Ph.D. in Economics.

Research focuses on macro-financial system interactions and finance applications in family decision-making, with recent exploration of behavioral economics in education through work on 'Belief in a Just World and Children's Test Scores'. His expertise spans comparative macroeconomic frameworks across national contexts, emphasizing policy-relevant analysis of financial stability and household economic behavior.

As NIECR Macroeconomics Director, he leads teams producing independent economic analysis for UK and international policymakers, leveraging networks including Early Childhood Interventions (ECI) and Markets (M) within the Economics discipline.