▁of ▁the ▁G LA ' s ▁In vest ment ▁Performance ▁Board ▁and ▁gave ▁testim ony ▁to ▁the ▁Commission ' s ▁second ▁report , ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁Ly ons ' ▁team ▁at ▁Standard ▁Char tered ▁was ▁ranked ▁as ▁the ▁top ▁forec ast ing ▁team ▁glob ally ▁by ▁Blo om berg . ▁Prior ▁to ▁this ▁Ly ons ▁rein for ced ▁his ▁own ▁reputation ▁as ▁an ▁accurate ▁forec aster ▁with ▁being ▁one ▁of ▁two ▁British ▁econom ists ▁predict ing ▁in ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁a ▁month ▁before ▁Le h man ▁Brothers ▁col lapsed , ▁a ▁deep ▁im min ent ▁re cess ion . ▁He ▁anticip ated ▁a ▁G DP ▁fall ▁of ▁ 1 . 6 % ▁for ▁the ▁third ▁quarter ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁when ▁the ▁cons ensus ▁predicted ▁a ▁rise ▁of ▁ 0 . 9 %. ▁ ▁Because ▁of ▁his ▁connection ▁with ▁Johnson ▁and ▁knowledge ▁of ▁emer ging ▁econom ies , ▁he ▁was ▁mentioned ▁as ▁a ▁possible ▁out s ider ▁candidate ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁appointment ▁of ▁Governor ▁of ▁the ▁Bank ▁of ▁England . ▁ ▁Books ▁The ▁Cons ol ations ▁of ▁Econom ics ▁The ▁EU ▁Refer endum : ▁How ▁to ▁Make ▁a ▁Success ▁of ▁Le aving ▁the ▁European ▁Union . ▁C lean ▁Bre x it : ▁How ▁to ▁Make ▁a ▁Success ▁of ▁Le aving ▁the ▁European ▁Union ▁( co - author ed ▁with ▁the ▁journalist ▁Li am ▁Hall igan