Roy A. Batchelor (born 23 March 1947) is Professor Emeritus in Political Economy and Statistics i
Bayes Business School
(formerl
Cass

City, University of London
Educated at

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and

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, Roy worked as a government scientist and economist; then at the UK

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. He joined City University in 1977, and has since been active there in research, teaching and academic administration, this including spells as Head of Banking and Finance Department, Director of the Bayes (formerly Cass) Executive MBA programme in Dubai, and of the Executive MBA in London. Professor Batchelor’s research has focussed on economic and financial market forecasting, and the interpretation and use of consumer and business survey data. He has published widely in these fields, often in th
International Journal of Forecasting
and its sister practitioner journal
Foresight
In 2008 Professor Batchelor was elected Honorary Fellow of th
International Institute of Forecasters
and he has since served as an elected Director of the IIF. In parallel with his academic work, Professor Batchelor has been active in professional training and consultancy with business and governmental organisations around the world. He has held many visiting academic appointments, and is a Fellow and Research Professor at the

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in Munich. Batchelor supervised the PhD thesis of Richard Ramyar, a former director of the United Kingdom Society of Technical Analysts. This claimed to debunk Fibonacci ratio technical analysis in the US equity market. This work was described in multiple business news outlets, and he has also received press coverage for his other work on finance."Study finds private-sector predictions more accurate", ''

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'', 23 September 2000
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IMF's economic forecasts criticized
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'', 6 May 2001.

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City University biography

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Batchelor, Roy 1947 births Living people English economists Academics of City, University of London Academics of Bayes Business School