Standardised coverage and timely analysis helping you to understa...
Standardised coverage and timely analysis helping you to understand the economic drivers, including GDP, external trade, consumption and leading indicators such as business and consumer confidence, underpinning consumer markets.
In 2023, Switzerland’s GDP growth slowed to 0.7%, dragged down by subdued private investment and public consumption. Following this deceleration in 2023, the Swiss economy is projected to grow by 1.2% in 2024, primarily driven by domestic activity.…
In 2023, the Netherlands’ economic growth decelerated, due to subdued private expenditure and a drop in exports. However, the economy was supported by increases in public spending and gross fixed capital formation. Despite the slowdown in economic…
In 2023, the UK’s GDP growth slowed considerably, to 0.1%, with the last two quarters of 2023 seeing a contraction in GDP. Despite receding inflationary pressures, inflation remains above the Bank of England’s target, while households are pressured…
In 2023, Turkey’s real GDP growth slowed to 2.8% amid tight financial conditions and surging inflation, but it outperformed Western Europe’s average growth. Furthermore, Turkey’s inflation levels decreased to 53.9% in 2023, following a change in the…
This briefing provides a global perspective of the key trends occurring in cities over 2018 -2023. It goes on to provide forecast data and insights for cities over 2024-2040, covering areas such as the economic, population and consumer spending…
Global growth is set to slow in 2024 as a result of high cost pressures for businesses and consumers, especially high interest rates. Asia Pacific will continue to stand out as the main global growth region while advanced economies decelerate.…
The global economy is forecast to slow considerably in 2023. This comes as businesses and consumers remain constrained by the adverse combination of persistent inflation and high interest rates. Amidst the sharp slowdown, growth prospects have…
The global 2021 real GDP growth baseline forecast has remained roughly unchanged over the last quarter at 5.8% and real GDP growth of 4.7% in 2022. The stable 2021 global outlook combines major upwards revision to the Eurozone, Brazil and Mexico…
The global economic outlook continues to be suppressed by surging inflation and growing uncertainties caused by the ongoing war in Ukraine, rising geopolitical tension in Asia, tightening of global financial conditions, and China’s economic slowdown.…
After contracting by 3.1% in 2020, global real GDP is predicted to increase by 5.7% in 2021 and by 4.6% in 2022. The global economic outlook at the end of 2021 is mainly constrained by different mismatches: an ongoing mismatch between consumer demand…