Financial Times:
The FT polled 81 economists about prospects for 2019
2 January 2019
Slowdown like earlier, low GDP growth relative to other OECD countries. Dampening of investments. Hard to predict numbers here because short-term forecasts are not the most reliable but direction likely to be negative.
Stephen Machin, professor, LSE
Much of the uncertainty has already been factored in, but more recent events and extra uncertainty associated with that may magnify the effects we have already seen: upward pressure on price inflation, firms cutting back on intangibles like worker training and overtime, and associated negative effects on firm productivity.
John Van Reenen, professor, MIT Economics Department and Sloan Management School
It will affect it negatively, especially over investment and hiring (as it is currently doing).