Researcher - Economics
UCL BSc Economics
I am an Economics researcher at The London Review where I explore current economic issues and write articles related to them. Primarily, my research has centred around artificial intelligence and data.
Economics has been my main academic interest since National 5. Through regular encouragement of awareness and keeping up to date with modern economics I developed an interest in research. Joining The London Review has nurtured this and I am looking forward to developing my ideas and experience further.
Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Economics for rebuilding macroeconomic models around how households and firms form expectations. This piece provides an insight into their work and what it means for central banks today.
Meghana Sivapuram7 min read
Rising government borrowing and an AI-driven corporate debt boom are testing how global capital is allocated across an increasingly crowded bond market.
Meghana Sivapuram7 min read
China’s leading AI models are approaching US performance despite a vast gap in measured private investment. The divergence suggests that financing structures, computing constraints and diminishing returns matter as much as headline spending.
Meghana Sivapuram7 min read
The race for electric vehicle dominance is entering a new phase. Tesla and BYD's contrasting strategies reveal a deeper question about where value in the automotive industry will come from next.
Meghana Sivapuram6 min read
Semiconductor stocks have recently fallen despite resilient commercial demand, raising questions about whether the selloff is a temporary correction or an early warning of a broader economic slowdown.
Meghana Sivapuram7 min read
AI data centres promise growth, but infrastructure constraints are creating political and economic resistance.
Meghana Sivapuram7 min read
Machine learning can spot economic shifts weeks before official statistics catch up, but its black-box reasoning means the most reliable forecasts still come from economists working alongside AI, not being replaced by it.
Meghana Sivapuram5 min read