In front of a picture of US presidential candidate Donald Trump, Jamie Murray, EMEA chief economist at Bloomberg, concluded his presentation on the global macroeconomic situation on the first day of the ACG Eurogrowth conference in Barcelona by noting that “unlikely things can sometimes happen”.
The election of the property developer and reality television star as President of the US next month may provide the next surprise, but for attendees at the ACG event their concern was coming to terms with the previous shock: the UK’s vote to leave the European Union.
